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Call Number:
MSS 17
Creator:
Esslemont, David
Title(s):
Sixteen Contemporary Wood Engravers. A collection of wood engravings printed from the original blocks to accompany an exhibition. Newcastle, David Esslemont, 1982.
Date:
1982
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series I: Books and Articles on Richard Shirley Smith
Part of Collection:
volume Moss no. 11
Provenance:
Gift of Roger W. Moss, 2011
Conditions Governing Access:
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use:
The collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Archives Department.
Scope and Content:
Foreword by Anthony Tuck and Dudley Wilson. 'This book was designed and printed by David Esslemont on a Columbian press. The edition consists of 250 copies on Zerkall mould-made paper. This copy is no. 126.' Signed by Esslemont. Each engraving is printed on a single page without text. Wood engravings by Leslie Benenson, Simon Brett, Clair Dalby, David Esslemont, Anne Jope, Simon King, John Lawrence, Angela Lemaire, Garrick Palmer, Hilary Paynter, Monica Poole, Peter Reddick, Michael Renton, Richard Shirley Smith [p. 14], George Tute and Sarah Van Niekerk. The colophon includes a printed ex libris for Dudley Wilson by Leo Wyatt as a tribute to the artist who had just died. Sewn soft binding. Prospectus laid in. Shirley Smith is here represented by his mildly erotic wood engraving 'Thais'. Bain assigns it no. 257 for its appearance in David Burnett's Vines (1984), although it clearly predates that printing. The exhibition which this collection of wood engravings accompanied was a tribute to the growing interest in wood engraving in the North East of England. It was a joint venture sponsored partly by the Durham Light Infantry Museum and Arts Centre and partly by Collingwood College in the University of Durham. A record for this item is also available in the <extref xlink:type="simple" xlink:actuate="onRequest" xlink:show="new" xlink:href="http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/10410980">Yale University Library Catalog.</extref>
Physical Description:
Pp. [1-24] ; 262 x 191 mm
Finding Aid Title:
Roger W. Moss Collection of Manuscript, Original Art and Printed Material by and about Richard Shirley Smith
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/2395958
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