The Sacristan (Illustration to G. M. Sierra's 'Holy Night', London: 1928) (1928)

Gabriel Pippet

wood-engraving

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

The Sacristan (Illustration to G. M. Sierra's 'Holy Night', London: 1928) (1928)

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Classification:

Print, Book Illustration

Physical Object Description:

Sexton holding lantern and rose, with bunch of keys at waist; proof of wood-engraved illustration to G M Sierra's 'Holy Night', (London: 1928). 1928. Signed, titled and annotated: "7" and "4".

Technique:

Wood-engraving

Dimensions:

8.5 x 2.6 cm

Accession Number:

1945,1208.142

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1945

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by A. M. Hind (1880-1957) for the Contemporary Art Society, with its Prints and Drawings Fund, 1941; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1945

Relationship:

Arthur Mayger 'A. M.' Hind Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

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