English Literature, History, Children's Books and Illustrations

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Lot 165
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Gill, Eric

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

  • Gill, Eric
  • Three wood-engravings depicting Petra Gill, the artist’s daughter, comprising:
  • Printed paper
i) ‘Hair combing’, unnumbered proof, signed, [P208]; ii) ‘Girl in bath, II’, unnumbered, [P218]; iii) ‘Girl in bath, II’, unnumbered, signed, [P218]; various sizes, one mounted, framed and glazed, two mounted (3)

Catalogue Note

There was no edition produced for ‘Girl in bath, II’, although the block was later used to illustrate Wood-engravings, published by the St Dominic’s Press, Ditchling, 1924.