Flying Swans (1923)

Allen William Seaby

colour woodcut on paper

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives licence (CC BY-NC-ND) Photo credit: Trustees of the British Museum

Classification:

Materials:

Paper, Ink

Physical Object Description:

Three swans in flight over reeds by water. Signed in graphite below image and numbered 12/100.

Technique:

Woodcut

Dimensions:

21.5 x 36.7 cm

Accession Number:

1926,0313.88

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1926

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased from Bromhead, Cutts and Co. Ltd by Campbell Dodgson (1867-1948) with the Prints and Drawings Fund of the Contemporary Art Society, 22 November 1923; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1926

Relationship:

Campbell Dodgson Bromhead, Cutts & Co. Ltd, London Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

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