Gordon Craig's Book of Penny Toys

Publisher At the Sign of the Rose British

Publisher Sold by Lamley & Co. British

1899

Not on view

In the late 1890s, while working as an actor-manager, Craig met the artists James Pryde and William Nicholson, who taught him how to make woodcuts. Craig and his sister Edith wrote most of the verses in this book, and he cut and printed twenty woodblocks to create the illustrations, published the work himself and dedicated it to his children Rosemary (born 1894) and Robert (born 1895).

Artwork Details

Title: Gordon Craig's Book of Penny Toys
Artist: Edward Gordon Craig (British, Stevenage, Hertfordshire 1872–1966 Vence, France)
Publisher: At the Sign of the Rose (Mackbridge, Surrey)
Publisher: Sold by Lamley & Co. (London)
Published in: Mackbridge (Surrey); London
Date: 1899
Medium: Illustrations: hand-colored woodcuts, proofs
Dimensions: 13 1/16 x 10 7/16 x 1 1/16 in. (33.2 x 26.5 x 2.7 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1940
Object Number: 40.1.1
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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