Daphnis and Chlöe, Illustration for "Procreant Hymn"

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1942.49
People: Eric Gill, British (Brighton, England 1882 - 1940 Harefield, England)
Title: Daphnis and Chlöe, Illustration for "Procreant Hymn"
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1926
Culture: British
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/297663

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Black ink, watercolor, and gold paint on tracing paper
Dimensions: 12.8 x 10.2 cm (5 1/16 x 4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, New York, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1942.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Grenville L. Winthrop, Class of 1886

Copyright

Accession Year

1942

Object Number

1942.49

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

THIS WORK MAY NOT BE LENT BY THE TERMS OF ITS ACQUISITION TO THE HARVARD ART MUSEUMS.

The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request.

Publication History

Margaret Smith, Eric Gill: The Cell of Good Living, brochure, Houghton Library (Cambridge, MA, 1994), in exhibition checklist

Exhibition History

Eric Gill: The Cell of Good Living, Houghton Library, Cambridge, 04/13/1994 - 06/03/1994

Verification Level

This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Add to Collection

Log in to the Harvard Art Museums

1942.49: Daphnis and Chlöe, Illustration for "Procreant Hymn"