Sixe Idillia
Collection:CSM Museum & Study Collection
Date: c.1922
Artist: Vivien Gribble (1888-1932)
Dimensions:
Sheet: 220 x 271 mm (22 x 27.1 cm)
Medium: Wood engraving. Black ink and pencil on wove paper
Object number: P.2011.197.M
DescriptionWood engraved illustration proof for Sixe Idillia published by Duckworth & Co, London, 1922. Sheet with 9 illustrations- Top row: ox drawn plough with man. 2nd row: man with spear in a horse drawn chariot used on p. 38 + 39. 3rd row left: group of 4 women, man on right used on p.35. 3rd row middle: cow and calf feeding at a trough. 3rd row right: mule drawn plough with man. 4th row: 2 figures on left, bending figure and goat/sheep on right. 5th row left: bird in flight. 5th row right: man leaning on an altar, 2 woman on right. Bottom row: apple tree, ladder, basket of apples.
