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Untitled [The Playhouse]

Description:
Design, colored by hand, for painted inscription of a theatre, “The Playhouse, Northumberland Ave…Mgr. Cyril Maude.” Signed [by Gill] “A.E.R. Gill & Percy J. Smith, Writers.”
Date:
1908
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled [The Playhouse]

Untitled [The Choir Stalls…]

Description:
One of three examples of lettering on vellum, none dated. The text on this item states, “The Choir Stalls and Pulpit where given in memory of his three Sisters: Ann Smith, Jane Priestman, & Eleanor Turner, by William Smith of Corbridge.”
Date:
190-?
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled [The Choir Stalls…]

Untitled [The Chancel Panelling]

Description:
One of three examples of lettering on vellum, none dated. The text on this item states, “The Chancel Panelling was given by Mrs. Cuthbert Hutchinson in memory of her Mother Henrietta Gylby and her two Children Percy and Hilda.”
Date:
190-?
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled [The Chancel Panelling]

Untitled (Studio)

Description:
One of 4 miscellaneous sketches and drawings for materials intended to be printed. This drawing is likely planned for lettering and says, “The Studio.”
Date:
undated
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled (Studio)

Untitled Smoke Proof

Description:
Smoke proof with notes in Gill’s hand, “Joanna 12 point (cut by Caslon & Co.).” Cut out proofs are pasted on a single sheet. Each proof is dated.
Date:
1930 April 19-1936 July
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled Smoke Proof

Untitled smoke proof

Description:
Smoke proof with notes in Gill’s hand, “Bunyan, first smokes, Oct. 1934, cut by Caslon & Co.” Cut out proofs are pasted on a single sheet.
Date:
1934 October-December 15
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled smoke proof

Untitled

Description:
Type specimen and/or proof with Gill’s corrections and initials. 4pp printed on two sides. The text begins, “But the word pride has a frightening sound…”
Date:
undated
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
Drawing for the League of Nations project. Item is a rubbing of text for one of the panels. Text reads, “ET OVES UAE EJUS EJUS PASCUAE.”
Date:
1936
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
Drawing for the League of Nations project. Drawing is for a panel of text that continues on a different panel.
Date:
1936
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
Drawing for the League of Nations project. Item is a rubbing of text for one of the panels. Text reads, “AUTEM POPULUS.”
Date:
undated
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
Hewitt, Graily. A hectographed calligraphic sample sheet, designed for the use of students of calligraphy. Text notes that these are “uncials…adapted from fifth to eighth century work.”
Date:
1903
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
Hewitt, Graily. A hectographed calligraphic sample sheet, designed for the use of students of calligraphy. Text notes that these are “uncials…adapted from fifth to eighth century work.” A note in Gill’s hand states not to “make the lower arm of the F quite so low as here shown.”
Date:
1903
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
Hewitt, Graily. A hectographed calligraphic sample sheet, designed for the use of students of calligraphy. Text notes that this hectograph is for the plan of a book opening, with instructions for measurements and folding.
Date:
1903
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
Hewitt, Graily. A hectographed calligraphic sample sheet, designed for the use of students of calligraphy. Text notes that these are “half-uncials…adapted from round writing of sixth to eighth centuries.”
Date:
1904
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
Hewitt, Graily. A hectographed calligraphic sample sheet, designed for the use of students of calligraphy. Text notes that these are “half-uncials…adapted from round writing of sixth to eighth centuries.”
Date:
1903
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
Hewitt, Graily. A hectographed calligraphic sample sheet, designed for the use of students of calligraphy. Shows three full alphabets, one that is “Serif magnified.”
Date:
1903-1904
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
Hewitt, Graily. A hectographed calligraphic sample sheet, designed for the use of students of calligraphy. Shows several capital letters in “Roman Capitals.”
Date:
1903
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
Hewitt, Graily. A hectographed calligraphic sample sheet, designed for the use of students of calligraphy.
Date:
1903-1904
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
Hewitt, Graily. A hectographed calligraphic sample sheet, designed for the use of students of calligraphy.
Date:
1903
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
Hewitt, Graily. A hectographed calligraphic sample sheet, designed for the use of students of calligraphy.
Date:
1904
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
Hewitt, Graily. A hectographed calligraphic sample sheet, designed for the use of students of calligraphy.
Date:
1904
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
A calligraphic sample that has been hectographed. One from a set of 14 sample sheets provided to the students of Edward Johnston. [Note: when Johnston began to teach, Eric Gill was one of only 9 students].
Date:
1901-1908
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
A calligraphic sample that has been hectographed. One from a set of 14 sample sheets provided to the students of Edward Johnston. [Note: when Johnston began to teach, Eric Gill was one of only 9 students].
Date:
1901-1908
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
A calligraphic sample that has been hectographed. One from a set of 14 sample sheets provided to the students of Edward Johnston. [Note: when Johnston began to teach, Eric Gill was one of only 9 students].
Date:
1901-1908
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
A calligraphic sample that has been hectographed. One from a set of 14 sample sheets provided to the students of Edward Johnston. [Note: when Johnston began to teach, Eric Gill was one of only 9 students].
Date:
1902 December 10
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
A calligraphic sample that has been hectographed. One from a set of 14 sample sheets provided to the students of Edward Johnston. [Note: when Johnston began to teach, Eric Gill was one of only 9 students].
Date:
1903 December 7
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
A calligraphic sample that has been hectographed. One from a set of 14 sample sheets provided to the students of Edward Johnston. [Note: when Johnston began to teach, Eric Gill was one of only 9 students].
Date:
1906 October 11
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
A calligraphic sample that has been hectographed. One from a set of 14 sample sheets provided to the students of Edward Johnston. [Note: when Johnston began to teach, Eric Gill was one of only 9 students].
Date:
1901-1908
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
A calligraphic sample that has been hectographed. One from a set of 14 sample sheets provided to the students of Edward Johnston. [Note: when Johnston began to teach, Eric Gill was one of only 9 students].
Date:
1901 June 28
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
A calligraphic sample that has been hectographed. One from a set of 14 sample sheets provided to the students of Edward Johnston. [Note: when Johnston began to teach, Eric Gill was one of only 9 students].
Date:
1907 July 1
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
A calligraphic sample that has been hectographed. One from a set of 14 sample sheets provided to the students of Edward Johnston. [Note: when Johnston began to teach, Eric Gill was one of only 9 students].
Date:
1902 November 6
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
A calligraphic sample that has been hectographed. One from a set of 14 sample sheets provided to the students of Edward Johnston. [Note: when Johnston began to teach, Eric Gill was one of only 9 students].
Date:
1904 January 18
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
A calligraphic sample that has been hectographed. One from a set of 14 sample sheets provided to the students of Edward Johnston. [Note: when Johnston began to teach, Eric Gill was one of only 9 students].
Date:
1905 October 16
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
A calligraphic sample that has been hectographed. One from a set of 14 sample sheets provided to the students of Edward Johnston. [Note: when Johnston began to teach, Eric Gill was one of only 9 students].
Date:
1903 July 1
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
A sketch of lettering done in blue and red pencil on a worn manila envelope. See Johnston, a Selection of Materials #3.
Date:
1936
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
A calligraphic sample that has been hectographed. One from a set of 14 sample sheets provided to the students of Edward Johnston. [Note: when Johnston began to teach, Eric Gill was one of only 9 students].
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
Calligraphic formal script, in ink, on handmade paper, text reading, “The Ancients held there to be…” [15 lines in all, signed in pencil at bottom]
Date:
1907-1908?
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
Calligraphic example by Ethel Moore [maiden name of Mrs. Gill, who took the name ‘Mary’ as her name upon entering the Catholic church], written when she was a pupil of Edward Johnston. First line of poem reads, “Let those who are in favor with their stars…” Four lines of text.
Date:
1907-1908
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
A sketch of lettering done in blue pencil on a sheet of worn newspaper. See Johnston, a Selection of Materials #3.
Date:
1936
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
Early attempt at lettering, in ink, reading, “This Indenture…” The date, 1907, is within the text.
Date:
1907
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
A sketch of lettering done in blue pencil on a sheet of worn newspaper. See Johnston, a Selection of Materials #3.
Date:
1936
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
Calligraphic specimen on vellum. A verse from Browning which reads, “The year’s at the spring…” (8 lines). Gill’s initials penciled at bottom.
Date:
undated
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
From collection of ms drafts of alphabets and sample lettering & calligraphic work. This item is from a set of six original lettered sheets. Shows upper and lower-case B and the number 2.
Date:
undated
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
From collection of ms drafts of alphabets and sample lettering & calligraphic work. This item is from a set of six original lettered sheets. Shows upper and lower-case C and the number 3.
Date:
undated
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
From collection of ms drafts of alphabets and sample lettering & calligraphic work. This item is from a set of six original lettered sheets. Shows upper and lower-case E and the number 4.
Date:
undated
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
From collection of ms drafts of alphabets and sample lettering & calligraphic work. This item is from a set of six original lettered sheets. Shows upper and lower-case H and the number 5.
Date:
undated
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
From collection of ms drafts of alphabets and sample lettering & calligraphic work. This photograph is from a group of nine photographs comprising a complete alphabet. Shows upper and lower-case letters G, H, I and J.
Date:
undated
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
From collection of ms drafts of alphabets and sample lettering & calligraphic work. This photograph is from a group of nine photographs comprising a complete alphabet. Shows upper and lower-case letters K, L and M.
Date:
undated
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
From collection of ms drafts of alphabets and sample lettering & calligraphic work. This photograph is from a group of nine photographs comprising a complete alphabet. Shows upper and lower-case letters N, O and P.
Date:
undated
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
From collection of ms drafts of alphabets and sample lettering & calligraphic work. This photograph is from a group of nine photographs comprising a complete alphabet. Shows upper and lower-case letters A, B and C.
Date:
undated
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
From collection of ms drafts of alphabets and sample lettering & calligraphic work. This photograph is from a group of nine photographs comprising a complete alphabet. Shows upper and lower-case letters D, E and F.
Date:
undated
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
From collection of ms drafts of alphabets and sample lettering & calligraphic work. This photograph is from a group of nine photographs comprising a complete alphabet. Shows upper and lower-case letters T, U and V.
Date:
undated
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
From collection of ms drafts of alphabets and sample lettering & calligraphic work. This photograph is from a group of nine photographs comprising a complete alphabet. Shows upper and lower-case letters W, X and Y.
Date:
undated
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
From collection of ms drafts of alphabets and sample lettering & calligraphic work. This item is from a set of six original lettered sheets. Shows lower-case b, d and p.
Date:
undated
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
From collection of ms drafts of alphabets and sample lettering & calligraphic work. This item is from a set of six original lettered sheets. Shows upper and lower-case A and the number 1.
Date:
undated
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
From collection of ms drafts of alphabets and sample lettering & calligraphic work. This photograph is from a group of nine photographs comprising a complete alphabet. Shows upper and lower-case letters Z and Qu.
Date:
undated
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
From collection of ms drafts of alphabets and sample lettering & calligraphic work. Upper case alphabet, shows two of the letter N.
Date:
undated
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
Sketch of a frame to be carved, and lettered at top, “Ave Maria plena gratia.” Marginal notes discuss size and carving details. Not identified in Gill business records, or included in Gill Inscriptional work.
Date:
1908 August
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
Design for inscription on stone, “Edmondus Warre…” Signed and dated by Gill. Annotation reads, “…very rough, but I think it suggests how the lettering would go in.”
Date:
1908 December 8
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
Memorial inscription on stone for Sylvia Ruth DuCane, born 12 Feb. 1870 died 16 May 1907. Oblong folio sheet, design is in 2 sections. Signed AER Gill.
Date:
1907 July 1
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
Original design for an inscription. Memorial stone to Irene Elder Morgan. Large oblong folio sheet, signed by Gill, “AER Gill for Gill & Christie.”
Date:
1907 June 19
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
Greek lettering [for side of Hopton-Wood stone relief T-shaped crucifix of nude Christ] Quote of Matthew 19.12 in Greek. 2 Leaves: 31x12” & 23x18” on verso of 2d: penciled sketch for location and installation of Boulter Headstone. See Inscr. Work 200 and Thorp Gill plate #1. Inscription work 203.
Date:
1909 November 27
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
Drawing for the League of Nations project. This panel consists of text that continues on a different panel.
Date:
1936
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
Greek lettering [for side of Hopton-Wood stone relief T-shaped crucifix of nude Christ] Quote of Matthew 19.12 in Greek. 2 Leaves: 31x12” & 23x18” on verso of 2d: penciled sketch for location and installation of Boulter Headstone. See Inscr. Work 200 and Thorp Gill plate #1. Inscription work 203.
Date:
1909 November 27
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untited

Description:
5 proofs of calligraphic division titles intended for the Cranach Press’ Hamlet (CEG693-697). Only one proof photographed.
Date:
1929?
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untited

Perpetua

Description:
Poster of upper-case Perpetua alphabet for the Monotype Corporation Limited, with information in French on the verso.
Date:
undated
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Perpetua

Perpetua

Description:
A leaf illustrating the Perpetua typeface in lower and uppercase, as well as italic. Sketches of various letters on the verso.
Date:
1929 April 30
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Perpetua

Perpetua

Description:
Poster displays examples of uses of Perpetua typeface, as designed by Gill. Gift of R. Montagu, 1983. Gilliana.
Date:
undated
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Perpetua