Sixe Idillia
Collection:CSM Museum & Study Collection
Date: c.1922
Artist: Vivien Gribble (1888-1932)
Dimensions:
Sheet: 340 x 252 mm (34 x 25.2 cm)
Medium: Wood engraving. Black ink on wove paper
Object number: P.2011.192.M
DescriptionWood engraved illustration proof for Sixe Idillia published by Duckworth & Co, London, 1922. Sheet with multiple illustrations. Top row left: 3-sailed boat with shields and oars. Top row right: group of 4 men with scythes over their shoulders. 2nd row left: mule drawn plough and man. 2nd row right: 2 men with glasses on a chaise attended by a girl playing pipes used on p.49. 3rd row left: man holding spear in a horse drawn chariot used on p.38 + 39. 3rd row right: man and horse drawn plough. 4th row left: 4 women on left, man on right used p.35. 4th row right: horse and foal at a feeding trough. 5th row left: man with an ox drawn plough. 5th row right: bird in flight. Bottom row left: man at an altar, 2 women on right. Bottom row right: 2 figures in capes picking and treading grapes.
