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Clothes: For dignity and adornment
Clothes: For dignity and adornment

Clothes: For dignity and adornment

Artist (British, 1882 - 1940)
Publisher (British, 1903 - 1987)
Date1927; pub. 1929
Mediumengraving
DimensionsPlatemark: 4 7/16 × 2 11/16 in. (11.2 × 6.8 cm) Sheet: 11 3/4 × 8 13/16 in. (29.8 × 22.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Michael and Hillary Hanson
CultureBritish
Inscribedl.l. in plate in reverse: EG (on woman's ankle)
PortfolioArt and Love; Engravings by Eric Gill
Catalogue raisonnéJ.P. 483
Object numberPC2016.14.102
ClassificationsPrint Collection
Descriptiontwo couples dancing, at top/in background a man and woman in older dress, man in top hat with and checkered pants and woman in full skirt; at bottom/in foreground man and woman in contemporary (1920s) dress, woman with short hair and sleveless dress with short skirt and high heels, man in tuxedo with tails

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