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Scarlet Runners (circa 1929)

William Giles

colour woodcut

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Scarlet Runners (circa 1929)
Scarlet Runners (circa 1929)
Scarlet Runners (circa 1929)

Photo credit: Trustees of the British Museum

Details

Classification:

Print

Physical Object Description:

An ornamental bird with its chicks foraging among plant stalks. c.1929 Colour woodcut. Signed in pencil and numbered "no.3".

Technique:

Woodcut

Dimensions:

30.4 x 41.4 cm

Accession Number:

1932,0514.36

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1932

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by Campbell Dodgson (1867-1948) for the Contemporary Art Society, with its Prints and Drawings Fund, 1929; presented to Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, 1932

Relationship:

Campbell Dodgson Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Birds

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William Giles
Scarlet Runners (circa 1929)

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