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Title-page (Illustration to Christopher Hassall’s 'Devil's Dyke', Heinemann: 1936) (1936)

Joan Hassall

wood-engraving

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Title-page (Illustration to Christopher Hassall’s 'Devil's Dyke', Heinemann: 1936) (1936)

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license Photo credit: Trustees of the British Museum

Details

Classification:

Print, Book Illustration

Physical Object Description:

Title-page showing three figures, one naked, another holding lantern; proof of wood-engraved illustration to 'Devil's Dyke' by Christopher Hassall, Heinemann, 1936. Signed on block. Lettered with title, author and publisher. Signed, titled and numbered 14/20 in pencil.

Technique:

Wood-engraving

Dimensions:

19.1 x 12 cm

Accession Number:

1939,0730.45

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1939

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by A. M. Hind (1880-1957) for the Contemporary Art Society, with its Prints and Drawings Fund, 1938; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1939

Relationship:

Arthur Mayger 'A. M.' Hind Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

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Artist Bio

Joan Hassall
Title-page (Illustration to Christopher Hassall’s 'Devil's Dyke', Heinemann: 1936) (1936)

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