The Entombment (1930)

Claughton Pellew

wood-engraving on paper

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Photo credit: Trustees of the British Museum

Classification:

Physical Object Description:

Night scene with figures moving Christ's body into cave. 1930 Wood-engraving. Signed with monogram and dated on block. Signed, dated, titled, annotated: "Imp. 1/30"; inscribed in pen and blue ink: "Vechie".

Technique:

Wood-engraving

Dimensions:

36.7 x 28 cm

Accession Number:

1937,0710.92

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1937

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by the Contemporary Art Society, 1936; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1937

Relationship:

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Biblical, Life of Christ

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