Eric Gill
Foundation Stone from The Old Rectory, Finningham, Suffolk
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Eric Gill
1882 - 1940
Foundation Stone from The Old Rectory, Finningham, Suffolk
carved with dedication
carved Portland stone relief
overall: 23 by 57 by 61.5cm.; 9 by 22½ by 24¼in.
Executed circa 1907.
David Pearce, Eric Gill, The Inscriptions, London, The Herbert Press, 1994, no.120, p.49
According to David Pearce's Eric Gill, The Inscriptions (London, 1994, p.49), the present work is dedicated in memory of Revd Temple Frere, Rector of Finningham 1805-1829, and was laid by Winifred, daughter of John Tudor Frere.