Crucifix (1917)

Eric Rowton Gill

wood-engraving, printed in gold on black prepared paper, laid to coarse grey paper

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Photo credit: The Trustees of the British Museum

Classification:

Materials:

Ink, Coarse grey paper, Black prepared paper

Physical Object Description:

Christ on cross, legs bent to one side; final state. Wood-engraving, printed in gold on black prepared paper, laid to coarse grey paper. Signed on backing sheet. After a crucifix in a window of York Minster, 1917.

Technique:

Wood-engraving

Dimensions:

12.8 x 8.2 cm

Accession Number:

1924,0209.89

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1924

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by Campbell Dodgson (1867-1948) for the Prints and Drawings Fund of the Contemporary Art Society, 1920; presented to Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1924

Relationship:

Campbell Dodgson Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Biblical, Life of Christ, Crucifixion

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