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Hortus conclusus (Illustration for Canticum Canticorum) (1930)

Eric Rowton Gill

wood-engraving

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Hortus conclusus (Illustration for Canticum Canticorum) (1930)

Photo credit: The Trustees of the British Museum

Details

Classification:

Print

Physical Object Description:

Nude woman in garden. 1930. Proof of wood-engraved illustration on p.17 of 'Canticum Canticorum', published by the Cranach Press, Weimar, 1931. Signed and numbered 14/15.

Technique:

Wood-engraving

Dimensions:

14.8 x 6.8 cm

Accession Number:

1934,0210.6

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1934

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, 1934

Relationship:

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Nudes, Nature, Gardens, Bridges

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Artist Bio

Eric Rowton Gill
Hortus conclusus (Illustration for Canticum Canticorum) (1930)

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