Hog and Wheatsheaf
Artist
Eric Gill
(British, 1882 - 1940)
Date1915
Mediumwood engraving
DimensionsImage: 5 5/16 × 5 5/16 in. (13.5 × 13.5 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 8 11/16 in. (27.9 × 22 cm)
Credit LineGift of Michael and Hillary Hanson
CultureBritish
Inscribed2016-63 pencil handwritten l.r.
lettered with address: THE HAMPSHIRE HOUSE BAKERY DOVES PLACE HAMMERSMITH
Catalogue raisonnéJ.P. 31
Object numberPC2016.14.63
ClassificationsPrint Collection
Descriptioncircular. side profile of hog standing with front legs bent and raised, one back leg stepping forward and the other back, long tail with hair on end slightly curled, hair raised on back of hog; behind the hog: sheaf of wheat pointing upwards and bundled with rope; behind wheat: cityscape with wide, cobble stone street and buildings on either side. with border.This record has been reviewed by University Galleries staff but may be incomplete or contain errors. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For any inquiries about the information listed, please email galleries@sandiego.edu.
1937; pub. 1939
1986
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