[GILL (Eric, 1882-1940, Sculptor, Engraver, Writer & Typographer)]

Fine Original Proof Wood Engraving, not signed showing a man seated in front of a fire with a clock on the mantelpiece, published on page 27 of ‘God and the Dragon’, Rhymes by H.D.C. Pepler, No. 15 of the publications of the St. Dominic’s Press, 2¾” x 1¾” on sheet 4½” x 4½”, Ditchling, Sussex,

The block was subsequently used for illustration on page 33 of 'Nisi Dominus' (E.R.G. 372), rimes by H. D. C. Pepler, St. Dominic's Press publication No. 29, 1919; on page 35 of 'Horae Beatae Virginis Mariae Juxta Ritum Sacri Ordinis Praedicatorum Jussu Editae' (E.R.G. 384), publication No. 37, 1923; on page 5 of 'Aspidistras & Parlers' (E.R.G. 392), a rhyme booklet by H. D. C. Pepler, publication No. 9(d), 1927. Printed on the same sheet as the 1st state. E.913(2)-1952.
Hilary Douglas Clark PEPLER (1878-1951) was an English printer, writer and poet. He was an associate of both Eric Gill and G. K. Chesterton, working on publications in which they had an interest. He was also a founder with Gill and Desmond Chute in 1920 of a Catholic community of craftsmen at Ditchling, Sussex, called The Guild of St Joseph and St Dominic.

Item Date:  1917

Stock No:  42390      £125

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