Apollo and Daphne (circa 1930)

Edward Carrick

wood-engraving on tissue paper

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Photo credit: The Trustees of the British Museum

Classification:

Materials:

Tissue paper

Physical Object Description:

Daphne sprouting into laurel tree, in river landscape with mountains. Wood-engraving. Signed and numbered 35/11.

Technique:

Wood-engraving

Dimensions:

12.7 x 10.2 cm

Accession Number:

1933,0408.76

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1933

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by the Contemporary Art Society, 1930; presented to Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1933

Relationship:

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Greek and Roman mythology

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