Bavarian chimney sweep (1925)

Claughton Pellew

wood-engraving

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Photo credit: Trustees of the British Museum

Classification:

Physical Object Description:

Man silhouetted by light from window and lamp-post on street corner. 1925 Wood-engraving. Signed with monogram on block. Signed, dated, titled and annotated: "Imp. 20/20".

Technique:

Wood-engraving

Dimensions:

21.6 x 20.3 cm

Accession Number:

1928,0310.48

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1925

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by Campbell Dodgson (1867-1948) for the Contemporary Art Society, with its Prints and Drawings Fund, 1925-28; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1928

Relationship:

Campbell Dodgson Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

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