Eric Gill
(1882-1940), Sculptor and typographerSitter in 56 portraits
Artist associated with 7 portraits
Gill was a wood engraver, sculptor, typographer and draughtsman, and is regarded as one of the great English artist-craftsmen of the 20th century. He tried to revive a medieval religious attitude towards art, believing in social reform and in integration between craftsmanship and industry, art and religion. He was a prolific book-illustrator, and the cleanness and simplicity of his woodcuts and lettering in works such as his editions of Chaucer and the Gospels were very influential in the renaissance in English illustrated books.
Eric Gill; Alice Mary (née Knewstub), Lady Rothenstein
by William Rothenstein
oil on canvas, circa 1913
NPG 5508
by William Rothenstein
pencil, 1921
NPG 4647
by Eric Gill
pencil, 1927
NPG 4661
by Desmond Chute
pencil, circa 1938
NPG 3957
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, circa 1927
NPG x12003
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1927
NPG x12005
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1927
NPG x12006
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1927
NPG x12024
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1927
NPG x12025
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, circa 1927
NPG x12026
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, circa 1927
NPG x12027
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1927
NPG x12028
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1928
NPG x12004
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1928
NPG x12007
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1928
NPG x12008
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, circa 1928
NPG x12009
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, circa 1928
NPG x12010
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