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Eric Gill collection: PM 115-2004

Current Location: In storage

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Eric Gill collection

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Journals:
Blackfriars: a monthly review August 1920. Includes: The Westminster "Stations of the Cross" by Eric Gill
The Record. Gleeson Library Associates No. 9 June 1972. Includes Eric Gill's method of type design and book illustration by John Dreyfus.
Gleeson Library Associates. Newsletter no. 7 Winter 1987. Includes The Eric Gill collection by Albert Sperisen.
British Philatelic Bulletin no. 6. The British Empire Exhibition stamps of 1924 and 1925 (Gill design rejected by King)
Pamphlet: Opening exhibition of Loyola College Gallery. Eric Gill's works on paper Sept. 14- Oct. 7 1985

Pamphlet: Studio One Gallery - a tribute to Eric Gill. 22-30 Nov. 1976
Prospectus: The engravings of Eric Gill. Skelton's Press Ltd. 1983 (2 items)
Leaflet: A new Roman type (an apology) - Eric Gill
Photocopy of a letter addressed to James Davis (concerns Eric Gill)
Invitations/booking slips re exhibitions/lectures re Gill (11 items)
Cards featuring Gill's work (4 items)
Single sheets head "A tract" ; "Eric Gill's Perpetua" and "Essays in Orthodoxy" (3 items)
Sale catalogue extracts - 3 sheets
Blank sheet of headed notepaper: Hague & Gill
Letter: Evan Gill to John Dreyfus containing newspaper cutting (Eric Gill and Brighton) and 3 pieces of Gill's work (Ampleforth College Library bookplate; Decoy Press imprint and map for Beatrice Warde)
Print: Alphabet by Gill for Edward Johnson
Photograph of Eric Gill with engraving "ex libris Jacob Weiss"
Compliments slip and labels from The University of Texas at Austin - with Eric Gill design?
Exhibition invitation: Eric Gill: the cell of good living
Prospectus: Philip Hagreen - the artist and his work (student of Eric Gill)

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2004) by Dreyfus, John

Dating

1920 - 1985

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PM 115-2004
Primary reference Number: 163047

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Eric Gill collection" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/163047 Accessed: 2024-05-02 16:32:33

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