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- Eric Gill 1882–1940
- Medium
- Wood engraving on paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 83 × 108 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Bequeathed by Mrs E. West 1982
- Reference
- P11046
Catalogue entry
P11046 The Martyrdom of St Saturus 1928
Wood engraving 3 1/4×4 1/4 (83 × 108) on thin Japan paper 7 1/2×6 3/4 (190 × 172), from The Passion of Perpetua and Felicity translated by Walter Shewring and published as an insert in The Fleuron, VII, 1928
Not inscribed
Bequeathed by Mrs E West 1982
Lit: John Physick, The Engravings of Eric Gill, London 1963, no.559; Malcolm Yorke, Eric Gill, Man of Flesh and Spirit, London 1981, ill.p.263 (on page with typography); Eric Gill, Matter and Spirit, exhibition catalogue, Gillian Jason Gallery, March–April 1982, no.266; Christopher Skelton, The Engravings of Eric Gill, Wellingborough 1983, ill.p.262
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Published in:
The Tate Gallery 1982-84: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions, London 1986
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