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Ganymede (Golden Cockerel Press) (1931)

Eric William Ravilious

wood-engraving

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Ganymede (Golden Cockerel Press) (1931)
Ganymede (Golden Cockerel Press) (1931)
Ganymede (Golden Cockerel Press) (1931)

Photo credit: The Trustees of the British Museum

Details

Classification:

Print

Physical Object Description:

Cockerel flying away with surprised man, the artist Robert Gibbings (1889-1958); decoration from prospectus published by the Golden Cockerel Press. 1931 Wood-engraving. Signed.

Technique:

Wood-engraving

Dimensions:

15.5 x 11.6 cm

Accession Number:

1933,0408.83

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1933

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by the Contemporary Art Society, 1931; presented to the 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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Artist Bio

Eric William Ravilious
Ganymede (Golden Cockerel Press) (1931)

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