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Untitled

Description:
Print of a bearded man stepping on the neck of a man, both under a branch of leaves being held by a disembodied hand. Note in Gill’s hand says “not in final state as used in Fleuron”
Date:
undated
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Madonna and child in vesica

Description:
Proof of a Christmas card with the initials JM and JD. Later used as an illustration on the front cover of Three Poems (ERG 367) by H.D.C Pepler, published by the St. Dominic’s Press, Ditchling, Sussex. Block used for several other illustrations. CLC has original drawing. Proof is signed by Gill. D117, Fanfare illustration plate 83.
Date:
1918
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Madonna and child in vesica

The Lion

Description:
Proof that was subsequently used for an illustration on pate 3 of Wood Engravings (ERG 410), No. 44 of the publications of the St. Dominic’s Press, Ditchling, Sussex. Proof signed by Gill. D148, CLC5, Fanfare List illustration plate 43. This design is also known as “She Loves Me Not.”
Date:
1921
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
The Lion

Spoil Bank Crucifix

Description:
Proof of design originally printed on a slip inserted in Volume III, Number 2 of The Game (ERG 263), published by the St. Dominic"s Press, Ditchling, Sussex. Block later used for several other illustrations. D127, Fanfare List illustration plate 38. Physick 157.
Date:
1919
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Spoil Bank Crucifix

Dragon

Description:
Proof of an illustration on page 19 of God and the Dragon (ERG 267), rhymes by H.D.C. Pepler, No 15 of the publications of the St. Dominic’s Press, Ditchling, Sussex. D120, E21, CLC5.
Date:
1917
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Dragon

Lettering with a nib

Description:
Proof used on a copy sheet (ERG 311) illustrating handwriting by Edward Johnston, published by H.D.C. Pepler at Hampshire House, Hammersmith. D112, E17, CLC5.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Lettering with a nib

Silver birches

Description:
Proof of an illustration depicting a nude woman walking among trees. Formerly marked as Physick 133, but this is incorrect. D133, D8a, D50, CLC5.
Date:
undated
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Silver birches

Bookplate of Stephen Pepler

Description:
Proof for Stephen Pepler bookplate. Depicts a wreath surrounding a smock with stone shapes floating in front of it. Text reads: Domine Jesu, suscipe spiritum meum, Salve, Stephen Pepler. This print is a proof from the first block, engraved by Eric Gill after a design by Edward Johnston. CLC has original drawings and proofs. Physick 11, D10, CLC5, Fanfare list illustration, p 3.
Date:
1911
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Bookplate of Stephen Pepler

Hog and Wheatsheaf or Hampshire Hog

Description:
Design for printing on paper bags for the Hampshire House Bakery, Doves Place, Hammersmith, 1915. The same block was used for at least 4 publications. Depicts a hog and sheaf of wheat within a circle with the text: Hampshire House Bakery, Doves Place, Hammersmith.
Date:
1915
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Hog and Wheatsheaf or Hampshire Hog

Five stalks of leaves

Description:
Proof of a triangular tail-piece on page 46 of The Devil’s Devices (ERG 259) H.D.C. Pepler, published by the Hampshire House Workshops, London, 1915. CLC 5. Physick 39
Date:
1915
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Five stalks of leaves

Untitled

Description:
Proof of a bookplate designed for the Hon. Angela Margaret and the Hon. Betty Constance Manners. Text reads, “From the Library of The Twinnery Clovelly. Two cherubs flank the text with a peacock in between.
Date:
undated
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
Engraving depicting a man walking stooped with a heavy load. Signed in Gill’s hand. Gill Notebook B3. GNB3.
Date:
undated
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Hog in triangle

Description:
Proof of a device used for the publications of the Hampshire House Workshops, London, including A Book on Vegetable Dyes (ERG 314), by Ethel Mairet, No. 4 of the publications of St. Dominic’s Press. Engraving is lettered “HHW” with a hog in the center. D56, E4, CLC5. Physick 58.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Hog in triangle

Diagram for ice-house

Description:
Proof of an illustration on page 165 of Cobbett’s Cottage Economy (REG 313), with an introduction by G. K. Chesterton, published by the Hampshire House Workshops, London 1916. This engraving is referred to in letters to Geoffrey Keynes, and Letters of Eric Gill. D55, CLC5. Physick 57.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Diagram for ice-house

The Happy Labourer

Description:
Proof of an illustration on page 82 of The Devil’s Devices (ERG 259) H.D.C. Pepler, published by the Hampshire House Workshops, London, 1915. Numbered in pencil by Gill. Depicts a man carrying bricks on a stake while stepping on the back of the devil. D41, D6, CLC5. Physick 42.
Date:
1915
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
The Happy Labourer

Triangular device

Description:
Proof of a design used as the tail-piece on page 125 of The Devil’s Devices (ERG 259) by H.D.C. Pepler, published by the Hampshire House Workshops, London, 1915. D46, CLC5. CLC has original drawings and proofs. Physick 47.
Date:
1915
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Triangular device

Child and spectre

Description:
Proof of an illustration on page 3 of Concerning Dragons (ERG 264), a rhyme by H. D. C. Pepler, No. 9 of the publications of St. Dominic’s Press, Ditchling, Sussex, 1916. Block additionally used for several other publications. D67, D8-11, CLC5. Physick 70.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Child and spectre

D P and cross

Description:
Proof of a design for an imprint for the St. Dominic’s Press, Ditchling, Sussex, 1916. Block was used for several publications and events. Evan R. Gill states that Eric Gill notes in his diary that this subject was engraved on September 10, 1916. D62, E24, CLC5. Physick 64.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
D P and cross

Child and ghost

Description:
Proof of an illustration on page 4 of Concerning Dragons (ERG 264), a rhyme by H. D. C. Pepler, No. 9 of the publications of St. Dominic’s Press, Ditchling, Sussex, 1916. Block additionally used for several other publications. D66, D8-11, CLC5. Physick 69.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Child and ghost

Child and nurse

Description:
Proof of an illustration on page 2 of Concerning Dragons (ERG 264), a rhyme by H. D. C. Pepler, No. 9 of the publications of St. Dominic’s Press, Ditchling, Sussex, 1916. Block additionally used for many other publications. D64, D8-11, CLC5. Physick 67.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Child and nurse

Child in bed

Description:
Proof of an illustration on page 4 of Concerning Dragons (ERG 264), a rhyme by H. D. C. Pepler, No. 9 of the publications of St. Dominic’s Press, Ditchling, Sussex, 1916. Block additionally used for several other publications. D65, D8-11, CLC5. Physick 68.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Child in bed

Circular device

Description:
Proof of an unused design for the St. Dominic’s Press, Ditchling, Sussex, 1916. Incorporates the numbers 2, 7, 3, 0, 2, 8, 2, 9, 2, 8, 3, 1, the date A.D. MDCCCCXVI, a pen, graver and printer’s dabber. D74, E15, CLC5. Physick 78.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Circular device

Ship

Description:
Proof of an illustration on page 79 of The Devil’s Devices (ERG 259) H.D.C. Pepler, published by the Hampshire House Workshops, London, 1915. Numbered in pencil by Gill. CLC5, E8, D40. Physick 41.
Date:
1915
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Ship

The Purchaser

Description:
Proof of an illustration on page 54 of The Devil’s Devices (ERG 259) H.D.C. Pepler, published by the Hampshire House Workshops, London, 1915. Numbered in pencil by Gill.
Date:
1915
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
The Purchaser

Spray of leaves

Description:
Proof of design originally printed with the letters M, V O, J, for In Memoriam Olof alice Johnston Veronica Mary (ERG 317), a funeral card printed at the St. Dominic’s Press, Ditchling, Sussex, 1917. The letters were later cut away and the spray block was used for illustrations in several publications. Physick 108.
Date:
1917
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Spray of leaves

Dress, 1860

Description:
Illustration on page 15 of Dress (ERG 7), Welfare Handbook No. 7, by the artist, No. 28(7) of the publications of the St. Dominic’s Press, Ditchling, Sussex. Created after a Nineteenth Century photograph. D156, CLC5, Fanfare illustration plate 45. Physick 187.
Date:
1921
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Dress, 1860

The last judgment

Description:
Proof for Broadsheet (ERG 316) published by St. Dominic’s Press, Ditchling, Sussex, 1917. Block later used for several other publications. Fanfare list illustration plate 31, D100, CLC. Physick 107.
Date:
1917
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
The last judgment

Gravestone with angel

Description:
Proof of a design for the cover of An Elegy upon Old Freeman (ERG 262), by Matthew Stevenson, published by Everard Meynell, London, 1916. D59, E19, CLC5. Physick 61.
Date:
1916
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Gravestone with angel

Child on a foot rule

Description:
Proof of an illustration on page 8 of Autumn Midnight (ERG 273) by Frances Cornford, Printed by the St. Dominic’s Press, published by The Poetry Bookshop. London. D207, CLC5. Physick 238.
Date:
1923
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Child on a foot rule

Lawyer's Wig

Description:
Proof of an illustration on the cover-title to The Law and Lawyers Know About (ERG 390), No. 9(a) of the publications of the St. Dominic’s Press, Ditchling, Sussex. D199, CLC5. Physick 230.
Date:
1923
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Lawyer's Wig

St. Luke

Description:
Proof of a bookplate for Thomas Martin Francis Esmond and Ruth Lowinsky, printed from two blocks. D180, CLC5. Physick 210.
Date:
1922
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
St. Luke

Initial letter I with a witch

Description:
Proof of an illustration on page 24 of Autumn Midnight (ERG 273) by Frances Cornford, Printed by the St. Dominic’s Press, published by The Poetry Bookshop. London. D219, CLC5. Physick 250.
Date:
1923
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Initial letter I with a witch

Initial letter T with a woman

Description:
Proof of an illustration on page 19 of Autumn Midnight (ERG 273) by Frances Cornford, Printed by the St. Dominic’s Press, published by The Poetry Bookshop. London. D215, CLC5. Physick 246.
Date:
1923
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Initial letter T with a woman

Toilet [A man seated cutting his toe-nails]

Description:
Proof, after a drawing from life. Block later used for illustration as Plate 60 of Engravings by Eric Gill (ERG 17), with a preface by the artist, printed by the Fanfare Press, London, published by Douglas Cleverdon, Bristol. D225, CLC. Physick 256.
Date:
1923
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Toilet [A man seated cutting his toe-nails]

Initial letter B with column

Description:
Proof of an illustration on page 21 of Autumn Midnight (ERG 273) by Frances Cornford, Printed by the St. Dominic’s Press, published by The Poetry Bookshop. London. D217, CLC5. Physick 248.
Date:
1923
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Initial letter B with column

His left hand under my Head

Description:
Proof of an illustration on page 17 of The Song of Songs (ERG 275), No. 31 of the publications of the Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham St. Lawrence, Berkshire. Depicts a man and woman in bed. Gill #41. Physick 318.
Date:
1925
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
His left hand under my Head

The Sofa

Description:
Proof depicting a nude female figure reclining on a sofa. Signed in reverse EG, signed in pencil Eric G and inscribed with edition number 47 out of 50. Gill #35. Physick 306.
Date:
1925
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
The Sofa

Mary at the Sepulchre

Description:
Proof engraved by Eric Gill after a drawing by David Jones, later carved by him. D232, CLC5. Penciled note on back of paper says that 20 copies were made. Physick 262.
Date:
1923
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Mary at the Sepulchre

Untitled

Description:
Proof of engraving, depicting a nude female figure in a half seated pose, with arms folded over her head. Note on the paper mat states: “20, 1st state.”
Date:
undated
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
Proof of engraving, depicting a nude male figure standing with head down and one arm reaching upward. Note on the paper mat states: “18, 1st state.”
Date:
undated
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Girl sitting in leaves: Belle Sauvage I

Description:
Proof of an illustration on page 205 of The Legion Book (ERG 338), edited by Captain H. Cotton Minchin, published by the Curwein Press, London. Signed in reverse with monogram EG and signed EG in pencil. Inscribed: Belle Sauvage I (Sample). Gill #273, Physick 558.
Date:
1929
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Girl sitting in leaves: Belle Sauvage I

The Serenade

Description:
Proof of an illustration on page 24 of The Song of Songs (ERG 275), No. 31 of the publications of the Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham St. Lawrence, Berkshire. Depicts two men serenading outside the window of a woman laying in her bed. Signed Eric G in pencil, and numbered 3 out of 12. Gill #45. Physick 322.
Date:
1925
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
The Serenade

On my Bed by Night

Description:
Proof of an illustration on page 20 of The Song of Songs (ERG 275), No. 31 of the publications of the Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham St. Lawrence, Berkshire. Depicts a man and woman in bed. Signed Eric G in pencil, and numbered 4 out of 12. Gill #43. Physick 320.
Date:
1925
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
On my Bed by Night

Ibi Dabo Tibi

Description:
Proof of an illustration on page 39 of The Song of Songs (ERG 275), No. 31 of the publications of the Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham St. Lawrence, Berkshire. Depicts a man and woman embracing. Signed Eric G in pencil, and numbered 3 out of 12. Gill #54. Physick 331.
Date:
1925
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Ibi Dabo Tibi

Untitled

Description:
Proof of engraving, depicting a nude female figure in a dancing pose, hands over her head. Note on the paper mat states: “21, 1st state.”
Date:
undated
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Untitled

Description:
Proof of engraving, depicting a nude female figure standing with head turned and arms holding hair. Note on the paper mat states: “19, 1st state.”
Date:
undated
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Untitled

Belle Sauvage II: Girl standing

Description:
Proof of an illustration on the title-page of the Large Paper edition of Art-Nonsense and Other Essays (ERG 18) by the artist, printed by the Cambridge University Press for Messrs. Cassell & Co. Ltd., and Francis Walterson, London. Signed in reverse with separated initials EG, and signed EG in pencil. Inscribed: Belle Sauvage II (Sample). Gill #316 (Faber list). Physick 606.
Date:
1929
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Belle Sauvage II: Girl standing

Eve

Description:
Proof of a bookplate for Jacob Weiss. Lettered Ex Libris Jacob Weiss. Signed in reverse with monogram EG. Gill #575. Second copy of proof in CLC was given as a gift by Jacob Lehwartz, 6-28-55. Physick 885.
Date:
1935
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Eve

Eve

Description:
Proof of a bookplate for Jacob Weiss. Lettered Ex Libris Jacob Weiss. Signed in reverse with monogram EG. Gill #575. Second copy of proof in CLC was given as a gift by Jacob Lehwartz, 6-28-55. Physick 885.
Date:
1935
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Eve

St. Bernadette

Description:
Proof of an illustration of St. Bernadette. Scroll with text states: St. Bernadette ora pro nobis. Signed in reverse EG. Gill #101. Physick 381.
Date:
1926
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
St. Bernadette

Hamlet and the ghost

Description:
Proof of an illustration on p 1 of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet Prince of Denmark” (E.R.G. 287), printed by Hague and Gill for the Limited Editions Club, New York, 1933. Physick 833, Faber 526.
Date:
about 1933
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Hamlet and the ghost

Madonna and Child in vesica

Description:
Proof of a Christmas card, and of a subsequent illustration on the front cover of Three Poems (E.R.G. 367). Handwritten note on verso in Gill's hand: "With love and good wishes from Eric to Mary Gill." Physick 143.
Date:
1918
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Madonna and Child in vesica

The Canterbury Tales: Original Drawings and Proofs of Woodengravings

Description:
280 unique proofs for Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales. Items are separated into 5 different paper folders. Each folder has an inventory list of what is enclosed. The folders are enclosed in a box with a sleeve. Twelve images from this collection have been photographed: CEG2017, CEG2019, CEG2067, CEG2069, CEG2115, CEG2116, CEG2170, CEG2173, CEG2228, CEG2229, CEG2272, CEG2275.
Date:
undated
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
The Canterbury Tales: Original Drawings and Proofs of Woodengravings

The Canterbury Tales: Original Drawings and Proofs of Woodengravings

Description:
280 unique proofs for Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales. Items are separated into 5 different paper folders. Each folder has an inventory list of what is enclosed. The folders are enclosed in a box with a sleeve. Twelve images from this collection have been photographed: CEG2017, CEG2019, CEG2067, CEG2069, CEG2115, CEG2116, CEG2170, CEG2173, CEG2228, CEG2229, CEG2272, CEG2275.
Date:
undated
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
The Canterbury Tales: Original Drawings and Proofs of Woodengravings

Christmas card

Description:
Christmas card for 1938. Signed, “Greetings from Eric & Mary Gill.” Wood engraving on front of card shows Madonna and Child figures.
Date:
1938
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Christmas card

Lovers

Description:
One of four items relating to the “Lovers” engravings. This item consists of two proofs on one sheet.
Date:
about 1925
Collection:
Eric Gill Artwork Collection
Lovers