Eric Gill, R.E. 1882-1940.
Device: Hog and Wheatsheaf: THE HAMPSHIRE HOUSE BAKERY / DOVES / PLACE / HAMMERSMITH W. 1915. Wood engraving. Physick 31. 5 1/4 X 5 1/4 (sheet 13 x 10). Made for printing on paper bags for the Hampshire House Bakery, Doves Place, Hammersmith. Subsequently used for the illustration on the back cover of A Statment of Aim, pub. #8 (Ditchling, Sussex: S. Dominic's Press, 1916). On p. 19 of Wood-engravings - S. Dominic's Press, pub. #44, 1924. As published in Engravings by Eric Gill Douglas Cleverdon, Birmingham, England, 1929. Printed on the full sheet of cream wove paper. Unsigned. $225.
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