Eric Gill , wood engraver, sculptor and typographer was born in Brighton, Sussex. In 1900, whilst in London training under W.H Caroe, the architect to the Ecclesiastical Commissioner, he attended evening classes at Central School of Arts and Crafts and studied letter design under Edward Johnston. Gill began to carve in stone and make sculpture. By 1904 Gill was making a living from letter engraving and in 1910 and he began making figure sculpture. His first solo exhibition was at the Chenil Gallery, London, 1911. Gill lived in Ditchling, Sussex 1907-24 where a community of artists also thrived. Gill’s Roman Catholic views were influential upon the community and in 1917 a religious order of artists was conceived. In 1921 members of the community formed the Guild of St Joseph and St Dominic. Among the artists surrounding him at Ditchling were David Jones, Hagreen, Pepler, and Johnston. In 1924 he moved to Capel-y-ffin, near Hay-on Wye and over the next four years produced much of his best engraved work. In 1928 Gills large family moved to High Wycombe, Buckingham.
Gill is regarded as one of the greatest craftsmen of this century, a typographer and letter cutter and a wood engraver. His conversion to Catholicism influenced his sculpture and writings. Gill’s subject matter swung between the deeply religious and the highly erotic, a direct echo of his eccentric life. His prints first appeared invariably in tiny editions or as illustrations in limited edition books, such as those he illustrated for the Golden Cockerel Press under Robert Gibbings. He also wrote constantly on his favourite topics, social reform, the integration of the body and spirit, the evils of industrialisation; and the importance of the working man. These were published by the Ditchling Press and Faber. He designed his first typeface, Perpetua, for Stanley Morison who had badgered him for years on this matter. Of all the 11 typefaces that he designed, Gill Sans is his most famous
Gill described himself on his gravestone as a stone carver.
GILL, Eric
Eric Gill ‘The Sofa’ rare proof
£850.00
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Eric Gill Wood engraving ‘Actor on Stage’
£145.00
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Eric Gill ‘Venus’ rare proof wood engraving
£650.00
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Eric Gill ‘Crucifix, Robed’ rare proof
£575.00
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Eric Gill wood engraving ‘On my Bed by Night’
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Eric Gill Five wood engraved Devices.
£95.00
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Eric Gill six wood engraved Devices.
£95.00
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Eric Gill three wood engraved Devices.
£95.00
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Eric Gill title page to Chaucers’ Troilus and Criseyde’
£65.00
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Eric Gill copper engraving ‘Prior of Caldey ‘ [the Very Rev. Wilfred Upson, O.S.B.]
£65.00
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Eric Gill copper engraving ‘Earth Waiting’
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Eric Gill wood engraving ‘Hottentot’
£160.00
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Eric Gill complete set of ‘Stations of the Cross’
£850.00
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Eric Gill wood engraving ‘The Carrying of the Cross’
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Eric Gill etching ‘Elizabeth Gill’
£75.00
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Eric Gill copper engraving ‘Clothes: For Dignity and Adornment’
£165.00
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Eric Gill copper engraving ‘Adam and Eve in heaven; or the Public-House in Paradise’
£175.00
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Eric Gill woodengraving ‘On the Tiles’
£1,200.00
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Eric Gill etching ‘Gordian Gill’
£75.00
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Eric Gill wood engraving ‘Our Lord on Tree’
£175.00
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Eric Gill photogravure ‘St.Anthony’
£75.00
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Eric Gill two wood engravings ‘Chaucer Writing’ and ‘Chaucer and Cupid’
£200.00
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Eric Gill copper faced wood block for ‘Animals All’
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Eric Gill wood engraving ‘Ruth Lowinsky’
£75.00
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Eric Gill wood engraving ‘Thomas Esmond Lowinsky’
£75.00
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Eric Gill wood engraving ‘Mrs Williams’
£75.00
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Eric Gill wood engraving ‘The Harem’
£175.00
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Eric Gill wood engraving ‘The Swineherd’
£115.00
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Eric Gill wood engraving ‘Girl Sleeping’
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Eric Gill copper engraving ‘Flying Buttresses’
£175.00
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Eric Gill wood engraving ‘Crucifix Chalice and Host’
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Eric Gill wood engraving ‘Daily Herald Order of Industrial Heroism’
£165.00
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Eric Gill wood engraving ‘Girl in Bath ll’ [Portrait of Petra, the artists daughter]
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Eric Gill wood engraving ‘Hog and Wheatsheaf’
£200.00
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Eric Gill wood engraving ‘Girl in Bath l’ [Portrait of Petra, the artists daughter]
£450.00
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Eric Gill wood engraving ‘Flight into Egypt’ signed.
£650.00
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Eric Gill wood engraving ‘Autumn Midnight’
£165.00
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Eric Gill two wood engravings on one sheet: ‘S Helena’ and ‘S Angela Merici’
£120.00
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Eric Gill wood engraving ‘Child and Nurse’ signed.
£450.00
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Eric Gill wood engraving ‘Adam and Eve’ signed.
£480.00
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Eric Gill wood engraving ‘Child in Bed’ signed.
£380.00
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Eric Gill wood engraving ‘Spray of Leaves’ signed.
£380.00
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Eric Gill wood engraving ‘Adeste Fideles’ signed.
£550.00
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Eric Gill wood engraving ‘The Convert’ signed and numbered.
£750.00
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Eric Gill wood engraving ‘Madonna and Child, with Children (2nd state).’ signed and numbered.
£650.00
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Eric Gill wood engraving ‘Mrs Beatrice Warde’
£85.00
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Eric Gill Collection of 16 wood engravings housed in a book, presented by Eric Gill to his wife Mary Ethel Moore Gill circa 1926-1929
£8,750.00
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Eric Gill wood engraving ‘New England Woods’
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Eric Gill Wood engraving ‘Christ and the Money-Changers’
£125.00
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Eric Gill Wood engraving ‘Christ and the Money-Changers’
£75.00
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Eric Gill three wood engravings on one sheet: ‘Epiphany’, ‘Palm Sunday’ and ‘Adam and Eve’
£150.00
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Eric Gill Wood engraving ‘Dress.1920’
£95.00
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Eric Gill Wood engraving ‘Dumb-Driven Cattle’
£85.00
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Eric Gill Wood engraving ‘The Purchaser’
£125.00
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Eric Gill ‘The Lovers’ rare proof wood engraving
£1,200.00
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Five Eric Gill wood engravings on one sheet, Christmas theme.
£300.00
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Eric Gill wood engraving ‘Woman with Balloons’
£75.00
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Eric Gill copper engraving ‘Girl with Three Scallops’
£85.00
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‘Engravings 1928-1933 by Eric Gill.’
£3,500.00
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Eric Gill ‘Lion of Saint Mark’
£95.00
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Eric Gill ‘ The Bull Calf of St. Luke’
£95.00
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Eric Gill ‘Fuge dilecti ni’
£175.00
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Eric Gill ‘Peter and the Cock’
£145.00
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Eric Gill ‘Naked Girl lying on Grass’ Initialled
£1,200.00
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Eric Gill ‘The Angel of Saint Matthew’
£95.00
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Eric Gill wood engraving’Clothes as Houses’
£75.00
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Eric Gill Proof ‘Madonna and Child with Arms Outstretched’
£400.00
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‘Man and Girl, in four Groups, on way to Church’ by Eric Gill
£145.00
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Eric Gill ‘Eve in the Garden’ ex-libris plate for Jacob Weiss
£600.00
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‘The Chinese Maidservant’ by Eric Gill
£1,200.00
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‘Madonna and Child’ Signed by Eric Gill
£750.00
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Eric Gill wood cut rare proof ‘Lovers’
£550.00
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Eric Gill copper engraving ‘Skaters’
£350.00
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‘The Eagle of Saint John’ by Eric Gill
£75.00
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‘The Tyranny of Tailors’ by Eric Gill
£75.00
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Eric Gill ‘Christ Washing Peter’s Feet’ and ‘Christ, Peter and Malchus’
£145.00
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‘The Pharisee and the Publican’ by Eric Gill
£75.00
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‘Clothes As Workshops’ by Eric Gill
£85.00
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‘The Tennis Player’ by Eric Gill
£350.00
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Eric Gill ‘Ex-Libris plate for Mary Gill’
£175.00
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‘St. Christopher’ by Eric Gill
£385.00
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‘Sculpture ll’ by Eric Gill
£350.00
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‘Rachel Rothenstein’ by Eric Gill
£75.00
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Eric Gill wood engraving ‘Xenia Noelle Lowinsky’
£75.00
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Eric Gill wood engraving ‘Xenia Noelle Lowinsky’ printed on fine japon.
£145.00
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Eric Gill wood engraving ‘Madonna and Child in Vesica’
£75.00
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Eric Gill wood engraving ‘Toilet’
£80.00
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Eric Gill wood engraving ‘Toilet’ Rare Proof
£300.00
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‘Hamlet and the Ghost’ by Eric Gill
£75.00
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‘The Second Nun’s Tale’ by Eric Gill
£75.00
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Eric Gill wood engraving ‘Hamlet’ title page.
£75.00
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Eric Gill three wood engravings on one sheet ‘Sculpture 1; Sculpture ll; Woman’s Head’
£85.00
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‘Vadam ad Montem’ by Eric Gill
£150.00
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‘The Beheading of John the Baptist’ by Eric Gill
£80.00
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‘Mary at the Tomb’ by Eric Gill
£120.00
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‘The Merchant’s Tale’ Wood engraving by Eric Gill
£75.00
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‘Naked Pygmy’ and ‘Naked Boy’ by Eric Gill
£75.00
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‘Woman Growing Out of a Tree’ by Eric Gill
£75.00
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‘The Summoner’s Tale’ by Eric Gill
£130.00
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‘The Friars Tale’ by Eric Gill
£145.00
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‘Wife of Bath’s Tale’ by Eric Gill
£135.00
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Eric Gill ‘Wife of Bath’s Tale: Prologue’
£145.00
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‘The Pardoner’s Tale’ Wood engraving by Eric Gill
£125.00
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Eric Gill ‘Three Men Hanged’ and “Death at Foot of Tree’
£60.00
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‘Tale of Sir Topas’ and ‘Tale of Melibeus’ by Eric Gill
£95.00
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‘Book plate for Desmond Flower’ by Eric Gill
£38.00
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‘Book plate for A.H.Tandy’ by Eric Gill
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‘The Nun’s Priest Tale’ Wood engraving by Eric Gill
£90.00
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‘The Monk’s Tale’ by Eric Gill
£70.00
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Eric Gill ‘The Prioress’s Tale’
£95.00
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Eric Gill woodengraving’The Shipman’s Tale’
£110.00
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‘The Reeve’s Tale’ by Eric Gill
£135.00
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Eric Gill ‘The Knight’s Tale’
£145.00
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‘The Miller’s Tale’ by Eric Gill
£145.00
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Eric Gill Wood Engravings titled ‘Naked Man Dead’ and ‘Woman Weeping for Dead Man’
£60.00
GILL, Eric
Eric Gill wood engravings titled ‘Man Waving Eight-Leaved Spray’ and ‘Man Waving Ten-Leaved Spray’
£60.00
GILL, Eric
Eric Gill wood engravings titled ‘Spray of Seven Leaves’ and ‘Woman Climbing Phallus’
£90.00
GILL, Eric
Eric Gill ‘Lion’ Book-plate for Philip Hofer
£55.00
GILL, Eric
Eric Gill wood engraving titled ‘Child With Letter T as Crucifix’
£45.00
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Eric Gill wood engraving ‘Man Shooting Arrow, Bird with Parson’s Hat’
£85.00
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Eric Gill Wood Cuts titled ‘Girl in Skirt Facing Right’ and ‘Girl in Skirt, Full Face’
£80.00
GILL, Eric
Eric Gill wood engravings titled ‘Faun Piping’ and ‘Naked Girl with Back Turned and Spray’
£125.00
GILL, Eric
Eric Gill original prints titled ‘Venus Instructrix Artis Amoris’ and ‘Lovers in Tree’
£75.00
GILL, Eric
Eric Gill Wood Engravings ‘Man Throwing Spear’ and ‘Two Men With Spears’
£70.00
GILL, Eric
Eric Gill Wood Engravings titled ‘Naked Girl Holding Branch’ and ‘Cupid, Bow on Tree’
£70.00
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Eric Gill ‘Naked Youth’ and ‘Naked Girl Looking Back’
£80.00
