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We will leave this paltry land (The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Jew of Malta Series) (1933)

Eric William Ravilious

wood-engraving

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

We will leave this paltry land (The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Jew of Malta Series) (1933)
We will leave this paltry land (The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Jew of Malta Series) (1933)
We will leave this paltry land (The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Jew of Malta Series) (1933)

Photo credit: Trustees of the British Museum

Details

Classification:

Print, Book Illustration

Materials:

Paper

Physical Object Description:

Turbaned figure kneeling beside four-poster bed on which nude woman sits; proof of wood-engraved illustration from 'The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Jew of Malta', 1933. Signed

Technique:

Wood-engraving

Dimensions:

17.6 x 10.7 cm

Accession Number:

1936,0613.136

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1936

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by the Contemporary Art Society, 1934; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1936

Relationship:

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Literature, Theatres

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Artist Bio

Eric William Ravilious
We will leave this paltry land (The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Jew of Malta Series) (1933)

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