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The Purchaser

Artist (British, 1882 - 1940)
Publisher (British, 1903 - 1987)
Date1915; pub. 1929
Mediumwood engraving
DimensionsImage: 4 15/16 × 3 1/4 in. (12.6 × 8.2 cm) Sheet: 11 1/4 × 8 11/16 in. (28.5 × 22 cm)
Credit LineGift of Michael and Hillary Hanson
CultureBritish
Inscribedl.r. on sheet in pencil: 2016-76; l.l., in plate: EG l.l. in plate: EG
PortfolioEngravings by Eric Gill
Catalogue raisonnéJ.P. 40
Object numberPC2016.14.76
ClassificationsPrint Collection
Descriptionman at center in fedora smoking a cigar and standing with feet in fire and arms raised with a coin in both hands; man kneeling at left in profile looking up and holding out hands; at lower center, devil with spiked tail holds onto central man's legs; at right woman stands in profile with one hand outstreched, with other pulling up skirt to reveal her leg

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