Boston College collection of Eric Gill

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Boston College collection of Eric Gill

http://hdl.handle.net/2345/7119

This collection documents the creative work of twentieth-century English artist Eric Gill, principally through his drawings and engravings. Materials include proofs and limited edition prints; use of Gill's engravings in fine print cards, pamphlets, and booklets; printing blocks; correspondence for the Gill family as well as Gill's colleague at St. Dominic's Press, H.D.C. Pepler; and a small sampling of works on paper by Gill's peers.

18 linear feet (24 containers)

eng, Latn

Boston College. John J. Burns Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 11673233

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Gill, Eric, 1882-1940

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English sculptor and engraver. Arthur Eric Rowton Gill, best known as Eric Gill, was born in Brighton, Sussex on February 22, 1882 to minister Arthur Tidman Gill and light-opera singer (Cicely) Rose King. They moved to Chichester in 1897, where Gill studied at the Chichester Technical and Art School (1897-1900). In 1900, Gill moved to London to study architecture under William Douglas Caröe, taking classes in practical masonry at Westminster Institute and in lettering and illumination at the Ce...