Eric GillTwo Alphabets and Numerals 1909

T03734 Two Alphabets and Numerals 1909

Hoptonwood stone, the letters painted 10 1/2 × 15 3/4 × 1 1/8 (265 × 400 × 28)
Inscribed ‘Aabcdefghijklmno/pqqrstuvwxyz &/abcdefghijklmnopqrst/uvwxyz 1234567890/A.E.R. Gill Letter-cutter. Pub. by JOHN HOGG Paternoster Row, London, C.SMITH & Sons, Moulders, Kentish Town, London’
Transferred from the Victoria and Albert Museum 1983
Prov: Presented by the artist to the Victoria and Albert Museum 1931 (A. 26–1931)
Exh: British Institute of Industrial Art, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1931 (no catalogue); travelling exhibitions of the Department of Circulation, Victoria and Albert Museum; Eric Gill, Dartington Cider Press Centre, Dartington, July–August 1979, Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, October–November 1979; Strict Delight, the Life and Work of Eric Gill, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, March–April 1980 (L, 17)
Lit: Edward Johnston, Manuscript and Inscription Letters, 1909, plate 14; Evan R. Gill, The Inscriptional Work of Eric Gill an Inventory, 1964, 168 B; Robert Harling, The Letter Forms and Type Designs of Eric Gill, 1976, p.22 and repr. opp. p… (read more)