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Broadside for a gift show. Printed by Hague & Gill at High Wycombe, ca. 1937-1940. Bought in a Sotheby’s sale November 9, 1981. Item 128. Bought for Clark by URL.

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Gift from E. Miner, 1979. Text of poster reads, “Master of Line: The Letter Forms of Eric Gill’ / Illustrated Public Lecture by James Mosley of the St. Bride Printing Library, London / Wednesday, 18th April 7:00 p.m. / 101 McCormick Hall / Reception to follow / Sponsored by the Graphic Arts Collection.”

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Broadside print of Jesus figure towering over a small man, both in front of a cityscape bearing the sign “No Hands Wanted.” Signed by Gill and numbered 76/100. Purchase, Douglas Cleverdon, 1986 (accession MS.1986.008).

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Galley proof for unidentified series of poems, from the shop of Hague & Gill. First line: “The careful builder set the bed.” From Sotheby’s sale of 9 Nov. 81, lot 79. (accession MS.1981.004).

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Broadside of Gill’s Perpetua typeface in roman and italic. Broadside designed by William G. Meek at Diamant Typographic Service. Text on front from Gill’s “Work & Culture” (1938) reads “Human culture is the natural product of living, and human living is naturally and chiefly a matter of human working.”

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Broadside poster for “Garden Fete, Rowley Lodge, Arkley, Barnet, Saturday 14th July, 2.30pm.” Two-color print of a Greyhound carrying a flaming torch. Printed at St. Dominic’s Press, Ditchling, Sussex.

Scope and Contents Broadside poster with text from the essay “Idiocy or Ill Will” by Gill. Printed for B.W by the Monotype Corporation Limited. Text reads, “Art is that work and that way of working in which man uses his free will / A civilization based upon the doctrine of Free Will naturally and inevitably produces artists / In such a civilization all men are artists and so there is no need to talk about it.” Text printed in Perpetua. Handwritten text at bottom reads: “Signed by B.W. for William Conway April...

Scope and Contents Broadside poster with text from the essay “Idiocy or Ill Will” by Gill.Printed for B.W by the Monotype Corporation Limited. Text reads, “Art is that work and that way of working in which man uses his free will / A civilization based upon the doctrine of Free Will naturally and inevitably produces artists / In such a civilization all men are artists and so there is no need to talk about it.” Text printed in Perpetua. Signed toward the bottom: “Inscribed in homage to Dr Lawrence Clark Powell,...

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Photograph of female statue created by Gill, (with Young Research Library UCLA, in the background). Gift of L. C. Powell, December 1965.

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Broadside from Monotype showing Perpetua, using text from Gill's "Idiocy or Ill Will."