Gill, Eric (1882-1940)
Divine Lovers, carved woodblock, [1936]
£5,544
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 28 September 2022 from 10:00 BST
Description
10 x 7.5 x 2.2cm, on bevelled wooden plinth, verso with Eric Gill's carved monogram and catalogued number 603, and manufacturer's blind stamp (T. N. Lawrence, Red Lion Passage) [Quick 915; Skelton P915; cf. Evan Gill 295]
Footnote
Note: This image was used as the frontispiece for Morals and Marriage: The Catholic Background to Sex by T. G. Wayne (London: Longmans, 1936), and is a slightly altered version of an engraving Gill made in 1922 (see Skelton P193).
Provenance: Property of an English collector.