£819
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs ft. the Library of the Late William St Clair Pt II | 712
Auction: 28 September 2022 at 11:00 BST
all wood-engravings unless stated, Gill's signatures and inscriptions in pencil, dimensions given are sheet sizes:
Elizabeth Gill, 1924, 2 copies, engravings on zinc, 20.6 x 14cm and 22.4 x 14cm, each on different paper stock, both signed 'proof EG', slightly marked [Skelton P279];
Deposition, 1924, 14.3 x 6.7cm, signed 'proof EG' [Skelton P289, showing the third state only, with a halo, not present here];
Letterpress broadside containing an extract from the Song of Songs (verses 5-7), 1925, containing a reduced version of wood-engraving 'His left hand under my head' [Skelton P318], the text in the Douay-Rheims version, signed and numbered 'Eric G 2/12';
Madonna and Child, Christmas card after a design by Elizabeth Gill, 1925, 8.7 x 10cm, signed and numbered 'EG 66/c' [Skelton P345];
Madonna and Child, with Children, 1925, signed and numbered 'EG 9/c' and inscribed 'D. T. from E G 1. 1. 26 with love' [Skelton P341];
Virgin and Child, Christmas card, 1931, 8.6 x 10cm, inscribed 'P & D with love from EG' [Skelton P827];
St Mark, from The Passion of our Lord, 1934, 22.5 x 16.4cm, signed and numbered 'Eric G 18/20', Skelton [P863];
St Luke, from The Passion of our Lord, 1934, signed and numbered 'Eric G 18/20', Skelton [P864]
Note: The recipient of Madonna and Child, with Children, 'D. T'., is perhaps Gill's son-in-law Denis Tegetmeier, who married Gill's daughter Petra; the recipients of the Virgin and Child Christmas card, 'P and D', are likely to be Petra and Denis.
Provenance: Property of an English collector.