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“Mankind,” Hoptonwood stone torso by Eric Gill, 1928; in the Tate Gallery, London Woodblock created by Eric Gill for the Four Gospels, published by Golden Cockerel Press, 1931.
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Also Known As Arthur Eric Rowton Gill
Born February 22, 1882 • Brighton • England
Died November 17, 1940 (aged 58) • England • (Anniversary in 5 days)

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“Mankind,” Hoptonwood stone torso by Eric Gill, 1928; in the Tate Gallery, London
Woodblock created by Eric Gill for the Four Gospels, published by Golden Cockerel Press, 1931.
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Flaxman, John: The Fury of Athamas
John Flaxman
British sculptor
Illustration by Walter Crane for The Frog Prince (1873).
Walter Crane
British illustrator and painter
Edward Burne-Jones: The Love Song
Edward Burne-Jones
British painter
Thomas Bewick: The Tawny Owl
Thomas Bewick
British artist
Marc Chagall
Marc Chagall
Belorussian-born French artist
Hans Holbein the Younger: The Ambassadors
Hans Holbein the Younger
German painter
Georges Rouault
French artist
Mikhail Aleksandrovich Vrubel
Russian artist
“Black Sun,” black tamba granite sculpture by Isamu Noguchi, 1960–63; in a private garden
Isamu Noguchi
American sculptor
Leonard Baskin
American sculptor
Maillol, Aristide: L'Air
Aristide Maillol
French sculptor
Fraktur fonts
Rudolf Koch
German artist
“The Calling of the Hounds,” tapestry by Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1742–45; in the Pitti Palace, Florence
Jean-Baptiste Oudry
French artist
Sonia Delaunay
Russian artist
Remington, Frederic: The Bronco Buster
Frederic Remington
American artist
Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Julius: Ruth and Boas
Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld
German painter
William Mulready
British painter
Saint Anne with the Virgin and Child
Michael Wolgemut
German artist
Gustave Doré
Gustave Doré
French illustrator
E. H. Shepard
English artist

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