Monseigneur Saint Thomas (circa 1931)

Cyril Power

colour linocut, predominantly in yellow ochre, red, grey and blue on tissue paper

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Classification:

Materials:

Tissue paper

Physical Object Description:

Soldiers murdering Thomas à Becket, monk lying in foreground. 1931 Colour linocut, predominantly in yellow ochre, red, grey and blue on tissue paper. Signed, titled and numbered 19/50 in pencil on image.

Technique:

Linocut

Dimensions:

35.4 x 28 cm

Accession Number:

1936,0613.133

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1936

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by the Contemporary Art Society, 1933; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1941

Relationship:

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Death, Saints

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