Box Gill art 22
Contains 60 Results:
Untitled, undated
Type specimen and/or proof with Gill’s corrections and initials. 4pp printed on two sides. The text begins, “But the word pride has a frightening sound…”
Specimen of Types from the Golden Cockerel Press, undated
Proof of “Specimen of Types from the Golden Cockerel Press now in the St Bride Printing Library, London.” Shows 14-pt Golden Cockerel roman and italic, 18-pt Golden Cockerel capitals, and 14-pt Caslon Old Face types.
Untitled, undated
Trial setting of 2 versions of the text from Luke, Chapter 6 for Golden Press’ Four Gospels, 1930/31. Designed by Gill. Page on left headed by Gill, with flourished initial “N”; version on right is re-worded and without initial. Set in Caslon Old Face, 14-pt type. Purchase, Elkin Mathews Ltd., 1964 (accession MS.1964.007).
Paul Soady pamphlet, undated
Pamphlet created in honor of Eric Gill, and the tombstone he carved for the 2nd Earl of Dudley, by typographer Paul Soady.
Booklet of prints with no text, undated
Untitled booklet of prints with no cover or accompanying information, except for individual titles underneath images. Prints in the booklet range from typography specimens to headstone rubbings, to bookplates and small blocks.
Christmas Gifts: Dawn, undated
Wood engraving depicting Christ in the manger. Text along the bottom reads, “Pax homnibus bonae voluntatis.”
Anatomical Drawings, 1922 August
Original tinted pencil drawing, initialed by Gill, of a couple having sexual intercourse, with other clinical diagrams showing parts of male and female anatomy. The image is bordered in pencil. Purchase, 2010 (accession MS.2010.016).
7 Sheets of Drawings, undated
7 architectural sketches, two labeled "Stoke Prior" and one dated "EG 7.12.38." Purchase, 1997 (accession MS.1997.008).
Gill Sans, undated
Gill Sans tri-fold publicity put out by the Monotype Corporation. This particular item refers to “display” uses of Gill Sans.
Gill Sans, undated
Gill Sans tri-fold publicity put out by the Monotype Corporation. This particular item refers to “text” uses of Gill Sans.