"I with whose Colours MYRA decked her head...," lettering exercise [graphic], HRC 1226. [1897-1940].

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"I with whose Colours MYRA decked her head...," lettering exercise [graphic], HRC 1226. [1897-1940].

Copper engraving of Cupid carrying fish and loaves above the first twelve lines of Lord Brooke's "To Myra," which has been hand lettered within the plate marks.

1 drawing : graphite pencil and copper engraving on paper ; sheet 11 x 8 5/8" (27.9 x 21.8 cm.).

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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...