Archives Database

SCA240-GA239-1
Series
1922-1947

Series consists of materials created or accumulated by Eric Gill and members of his family. Includes one item of correspondence and two Christmas cards.

Gill, Eric

Christmas cards.

SCA240-GA239-1-1
File
1936

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of various Christmas cards all showing woodcuts by Gill. One is signed from Mary and Eric Gill and one from Hilay and Clare Pepler.

Gill, Eric

Child and spectre (Physick 70).

SCA240-GA239-2-10
File
1916

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of one print of Child and Spectre. Originally an illustration from "Concerning Dragons" by the St. Dominic Press.

Gill, Eric

Prospectus : love night.

SCA240-GA239-4-100
File
1936

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of a prospectus for the Golden Cockerel Press edition of Love Night.

Gill, Eric

Prospectus : the epicure's anthology.

SCA240-GA239-4-101
File
1936

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of a prospectus for the Golden Cockerel Press edition of The Epicure's Anthology.

Gill, Eric

Prospectus : the log of the bounty.

SCA240-GA239-4-102
File
[19--]

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of a prospectus for the Golden Cockerel Press edition of The Log of the Bounty.

Gill, Eric

Prospectus : the tale of the golden cockerel.

SCA240-GA239-4-103
File
1937

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of a prospectus for the Golden Cockerel Press edition of The Tale of the Golden Cockerel.

Gill, Eric

Specimen page : the green ship.

SCA240-GA239-4-104
File
1936

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of a specimen page for the Golden Cockerel Press edition of The Green Ship.

Gill, Eric

Subscription form.

SCA240-GA239-4-105
File
1936

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of one subscription form from the Golden Cockerel Press.

Gill, Eric

Advertisment : typefaces.

SCA240-GA239-5-106
File
[19--]

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of one advertisement for various typefaces available cut by the Monotype Corporation. These includ both Gill Sans and Perpetua.

Gill, Eric

Catholic prayers.

SCA240-GA239-5-107
File
[19--]

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of a printed page of various Catholic prayers, hymns and psalms.

Gill, Eric

Conscience.

SCA240-GA239-5-108
File
[19--]

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of a small sheet with the catholic dictionary definition of the word conscience, as well as notes on the definition. Printed by Hague, Gill & Davey.

Gill, Eric

Dust jacket : Hockey.

SCA240-GA239-5-109
File
[19--]

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of one dust jacket for the book "Modern Sports : Hockey", printed by Hague & Gill.

Gill, Eric

Christ seated (Physick 918).

SCA240-GA239-2-11
File
1936

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of one print of Christ Seated. Numbered 14 and signed by Gill. Originally an illustration for Quia Amore Langueo, printed by Hague and Gill.

Gill, Eric

In principio erat verbum.

SCA240-GA239-5-110
File
[19--]

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of one mock-up of the first page of The Book of Genesis.

Gill, Eric

Printing samples.

SCA240-GA239-5-111
File
[19--]

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of various Hague and Gill printing samples for invoices, ex libris plates, and addresses for the press at Pigotts.

Gill, Eric

Prospectus : the sonnets of Shakespeare.

SCA240-GA239-5-112
File
[19--]

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of one prospectus and sixteen draft pages for the Hague and Gill edition of the Sonnets of Shakespeare.

Gill, Eric

Specimen page : Genesis.

SCA240-GA239-5-113
File
[19--]

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of one draft copy of a printing of the first eight pages of Genesis.

Gill, Eric

Specimen page : Lancelot and Elaine.

SCA240-GA239-5-114
File
[19--]

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of draft pages of Lancelot and Elaine, printed by Hauge and Gill.

Gill, Eric

Specimen page : Le morte d'arthur, book seven.

SCA240-GA239-5-115
File
[ca. 1950]

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of twelve draft pages of Sir Thomas Malory's "Le Morte D'Arthur."

Gill, Eric

Specimen page : Park, a fantastic story / by John Gray.

SCA240-GA239-5-116
File
1932

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of one octavo sheet with a draft portion of John Gray's "Park, a Fantastic Story."

Gill, Eric

Specimen page : the gospel according to St. Matthew : variant a.

SCA240-GA239-5-117
File
[19--]

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of four draft pages of the variant a version of The Gospel According to St. Matthew, printed by Hague and Gill.

Gill, Eric

Specimen page : the gospel according to St. Matthew : variant b.

SCA240-GA239-5-118
File
[19--]

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of four draft pages of the variant b version of The Gospel According to St. Matthew, printed by Hague and Gill.

Gill, Eric

Specimen page : The lessons & gospels for the season of lent, taken from the Roman Missal.

SCA240-GA239-5-119
File
1939

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of four draft pages of The Lessons & Gospels for the Season of Lent, Taken From the Roman Missal, printed by Hague and Gill.

Gill, Eric

Christchild (Physick 597).

SCA240-GA239-2-12
File
1929

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of one print of Christchild, showing a young Jesus holding boughs of leaves. Numbered USA 3/5 and signed by Gill. Used as an illustration in the Golden Cockerel edition of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.

Gill, Eric

Specimen page : the passion of our Lord according to St John.

SCA240-GA239-5-120
File
[ca. 1934]

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of eight draft pages of "The Passion of Our Lord According to St. John" taken from the Hague and Gill edition of "The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ According to the Four Evangelists."

Gill, Eric

The wold was made flesh.

SCA240-GA239-5-121
File
[19--]

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of a one small print of the lettering "The Word Was Made Flesh" with an illustration of a nude man holding a crucifix.

Gill, Eric

Change of address.

SCA240-GA239-6-122
File
1924

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of a change of address card from the Nonesuch Press.

Gill, Eric

The Nonesuch century.

SCA240-GA239-6-123
File
1936

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of The Nonesuch Century, a publication by the Nonesuch Press relating to the first one hundred books issued by the press.

Gill, Eric

Prices.

SCA240-GA239-6-124
File
[19--]

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of one price guide for various works printed by the Nonesuch Press.

Gill, Eric

Prospectus and retrospectus.

SCA240-GA239-6-125
File
1926

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of one prospectus and retrospectus for the Nonesuch Press featuring books to be published, as well as all limited editions printed up to that point.

Gill, Eric

Prospectus and retrospectus.

SCA240-GA239-6-126
File
1927

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of one prospectus and retrospectus for the Nonesuch Press featuring books to be published, as well as all limited editions printed up to that point.

Gill, Eric

Prospectus : Dickens.

SCA240-GA239-6-127
File
1925

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of one prospectus for the Nonesuch Press edition of the complete works of Dickens.

Gill, Eric

Prospectus : love poems of John Donne.

SCA240-GA239-6-128
File
1923

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of one prospectus for the Nonesuch Press edition of Love Poems of John Donne.

Gill, Eric

Prospectus : more lovely food.

SCA240-GA239-6-129
File
1935

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of one prospectus for the Nonesuch Press edition of More Lovely Food.

Gill, Eric

Chute, Desmond : Catharina Sponsa.

SCA240-GA239-2-13
File
[19--]

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of one print probably by Desmond Chute. Print shows a woman with a halo and head dress holding a sprig of plants. Lettering reads "Catharina Sponsa XTI."

Gill, Eric

Prospectus : much ado about nothing.

SCA240-GA239-6-130
File
[19--]

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of one prospectus for the Nonesuch Press edition of Much Adoe About Nothing.

Gill, Eric

Prospectus : the Apocrypha.

SCA240-GA239-6-131
File
1924

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of one prospectus for the Nonesuch Press edition of The Apocrypha.

Gill, Eric

Prospectus : the Bible.

SCA240-GA239-6-132
File
[19--]

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of one prospectus for the Nonesuch Press edition of The Bible.

Gill, Eric

Prospectus : the letters of George Meredith to Alice Meynell with annotations thereto.

SCA240-GA239-6-133
File
1923

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of one prospectus for the Nonesuch Press edition of The Letters of George Meredith to Alice Menyell with Annotations Thereto.

Gill, Eric

Prospectus : the Shakespeare anthology.

SCA240-GA239-6-134
File
[19--]

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of one prospectus for the Nonesuch Press edition of The Shakespeare Anthology.

Gill, Eric

Prospectus : William Blake.

SCA240-GA239-6-135
File
1925

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of one prospectus for the Nonesuch Press edition of the complete works of William Blake.

Gill, Eric

Broad sheet No. 5 : parlers.

SCA240-GA239-7-136
File
[19--]

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of Broadsheet No. 5 published by St. Dominic's Press. The broadsheet features the poem "Parles" along with an illustration in woodcut.

Gill, Eric

Broadsheet No. 3 : a carol.

SCA240-GA239-7-137
File
[19--]

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of Broadsheet No. 3 published by St. Dominic's Press. The broadsheet features the poem "A Carol" along with an illustration in woodcut.

Gill, Eric

Broadsheet No. 6 : a penny pie.

SCA240-GA239-7-138
File
[19--]

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of Broadsheet No. 6 published by St. Dominic's Press. The broadsheet features the poem "A Penny Pie" along with an illustration in woodcut.

Gill, Eric

Christmas rhyme sheet No. 1 : regina caeli.

SCA240-GA239-7-139
File
[19--]

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of Christmas Rhyme Sheet No. 1 published by St. Dominic's Press. The broadsheet features the poem "Regina Caeli" along with an illustration in woodcut.

Gill, Eric

Chute, Desmond : engraving

SCA240-GA239-2-14
File
1928

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of one engraving by Desmond Macready Chute (1895–1962). Engraving shows the Madonna with child. Recto note reads "Engraving by Desmond Chute see Songs to our Lady SDP 33."

Gill, Eric

Gravesend.

SCA240-GA239-7-140
File
[19--]

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of one print titled “Gravesend” used by St. Dominic’s Press.

Gill, Eric

Prospectus : visitors’ book.

SCA240-GA239-7-141
File
[19--]

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of a small prospectus sheet from St. Dominic's Press for "Visitors' Book” and others.

Gill, Eric

Rhyme sheet No. 1 : the song of the dressmaker.

SCA240-GA239-7-142
File
[19--]

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of Rhyme Sheet No. 1 published by St. Dominic's Press. The sheet features the poem "The Song of the Dressmaker" and an image in woodcut.

Gill, Eric

Advertisement : altar cards.

SCA240-GA239-8-143
File
[19--]

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of one advertisement for altar cards printed in Gill Sans.

Gill, Eric

Advertisement : beauty looks after herself.

SCA240-GA239-8-144
File
[19--]

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of two advertisements for Gill's work "Beauty Looks After Herself."

Gill, Eric

Advertisement : National Institute for the Blind.

SCA240-GA239-8-145
File
[19--]

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of an advertisement appeal for the National Institute for the Blind showing a woodcut by Gill.

Gill, Eric

Advertisements : booksellers catalogues

SCA240-GA239-8-146
File
[19--]

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of various clippings and sections taken from booksellers catalogues advertising works for sale by Eric Gill or the private presses with which he was associated.

Gill, Eric

Advertisements : gill sans typeface.

SCA240-GA239-8-147
File
[19--]

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of one advertisement for the Gill Sans typeface, put out by the Monotype Corporation.

Gill, Eric

Announcement : the life of Eric Gill.

SCA240-GA239-8-148
File
1966

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of various newspaper announcements and reviews of Robert Speaight's book "The Life of Eric Gill." Also includes a catalogue from bookseller Methuen, Chapman & Hall.

Gill, Eric

Clipping : a guide to contemporary sculptors.

SCA240-GA239-8-149
File
1967

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of one article titled "A Guide to Contemporary Sculptors" from an unknown magazine. Eric Gill is featured.

Gill, Eric

Clothes as houses (Physick 715).

SCA240-GA239-2-15
File
1930

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of one print of Clothes as Houses. Numbered 3/10 and signed by Gill. Originally intended as an illustration for Clothes, by Gill.

Gill, Eric

Clipping : Eric Gill memorial bas relief explained and defended.

SCA240-GA239-8-150
File
[ca. 1923]

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of one newspaper article titled "The Eric Gill Memorial : Bas Relief Explained and Defended." The article concerns the criticism around Gill's First World War memorial sculpture created for Leeds University.

Gill, Eric

Clipping : Francis Meynell drawing.

SCA240-GA239-8-151
File
1967

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of one clipping from a magazine showing Eric Gill's drawing of Francis Meynell (of the Nonesuch Press) as well information on Nonesuch Press and typography.

Gill, Eric

Clipping : the problem with England's historical churches.

SCA240-GA239-8-152
File
1951

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of two pages taken from the book "The Problem with England's Historical Churches" that discuss Eric Gill's sculptures in Guildford Cathedral.

Gill, Eric

Dustjacket : an essay on typography, 2nd edition.

SCA240-GA239-8-153
File
1936

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of one dustjacket for Gill's "An Essay on Typography."

Gill, Eric

Examples of typography.

SCA240-GA239-8-154
File
[19--]

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of one four examples of typography by Gill. Includes Perpetua Titling, Felicity, and Danadan.

Gill, Eric

Gill sans example sheets.

SCA240-GA239-8-155
File
[19--]

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of four sheets showing Gill Sans typeface in 60, 48, 42 and 24 point font.

Gill, Eric

Gummed rubbing of Gill engraving.

SCA240-GA239-8-156
File
[19--]

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of one "gummed" rubbing of an engraving by Gill. Rubbing was done by Cliff Haring.

Gill, Eric

Holy mass.

SCA240-GA239-8-157
File
[19--]

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of one broadsheet with the prayers of the Holy Mass written in Latin.

Gill, Eric

Postcard : League of Nations basrelief.

SCA240-GA239-8-158
File
[19--]

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of two postcards showing the central portion of a basrelief sculpture commission by the League of Nations which hangs in the Council Lobby building.

Gill, Eric

Prospectus : the passion of Saints Perpetua and Felicity.

SCA240-GA239-8-159
File
1932

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of one prospectus for an edition of "The Passion of Saints Perpetua and Felicity" featuring engravings by Gill, as well as one engraving from the text.

Gill, Eric

Comedy: man trying to fly (Physick 858).

SCA240-GA239-2-16
File
1934

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of one print of Comedy: Man Trying to Fly. Numbered 19/20 and signed by Gill. Originally an illustration for The New Temple Shakespeare.

Gill, Eric

Rubbings of Gill engravings.

SCA240-GA239-8-160
File
[19--]

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of one page with four rubbings of engravings by Gill.

Gill, Eric

Rubbings of Gill engravings.

SCA240-GA239-8-161
File
[19--]

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of one page with six rubbings of engravings by Gill. Rubbings were done by Cliff [Haring?].

Gill, Eric

XX Century Library dust jacket.

SCA240-GA239-8-162
File
1934

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of one dustjacket for XX Century Library, featuring a print of Laocoon by Gill.

Gill, Eric

Glass plates of prints.

SCA240-GA239-9-163
File
[19--]

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of four glass plate negatives showing images of prints by Eric Gill.

Gill, Eric

The pardoner's tale (Physick 649) : woodcut block.

SCA240-GA239-9-164
File
[19--]

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of the original woodcut block for the print “The Pardoner’s Tale.”

Gill, Eric

The constant mistress (Physick 867).

SCA240-GA239-2-17
File
1934

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of one print of The Constant Mistress. Numbered 7/20 and signed by Gill. Originally an illustration for The Constant Mistress printed by the Golden Cockerel Press.

Gill, Eric

Copies of prints.

SCA240-GA239-2-18
File
[19--]

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of copies of three prints by Eric Gill.

Gill, Eric

Crucifix (Physick 151).

SCA240-GA239-2-19
File
1919

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of one print of Crucific.

Gill, Eric

Correspondence from Elizabeth Gill.

SCA240-GA239-1-2
File
1922

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of one item of correspondence from Elizabeth Gill to Eric Gill featuring a poem in Latin and a drawing of a howling dog.

Gill, Eric

Prints

SCA240-GA239-2
Series
1914-1938

Part of Eric Gill collection.

Series consists of prints created by Eric Gill, as well as two by his friend and collaborator Desmond Chute. Includes works for commissions, as well as for books published by Gill.

Gill, Eric

David and Goliath (Physick 982).

SCA240-GA239-2-20
File
1938

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of one print of David and Goliath. Numbered 12/15 and signed by Gill. Originally illustration for The English Bible-Selected.

Gill, Eric

Death be not proud (Physick 978).

SCA240-GA239-2-21
File
1937

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of one print of Death be not Proud. Numbered 15/15 and signed by Gill. Originally illustration for The Holy Sonnets of John Donne.

Gill, Eric

Divine lovers (Physick 915).

SCA240-GA239-2-22
File
1936

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of one print of Divine Lovers. Numbered 14/25 and signed by Gill. Originally the frontispiece from Morals and Marriage.

Gill, Eric

Ecce tu pulchra es (Physick 614).

SCA240-GA239-2-23
File
1929

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of one print of Ecce Tu Pulchra Es, showing three women. Part of the print is in blue. Numbered 1/10 and signed by Gill. Originally intended to be used for the Cranach Press edition of Canticum, Canticorum.

Gill, Eric

The empty bed (Physick 876).

SCA240-GA239-2-24
File
1934

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of one print of The Empty Bed. Numbered 19/20 and signed by Gill. Originally an illustration for The Constant Mistress. Also includes a photocopy of the print and a caption from the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Room.

Gill, Eric

Flight into Egypt (Physick 52).

SCA240-GA239-2-25
File
1916

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of one print of Flight Into Egypt.

Gill, Eric

Girl with three scallops bookplate (Physick 492).

SCA240-GA239-2-26
File
1937

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of one print of Girl with Three Scallops, used a bookplate. Print lettered "ex libris Kate Fletcher."

Gill, Eric

Gordian Gill (Physick 280).

SCA240-GA239-2-27
File
1924

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of one print showing a head and shoulders portrait of Gordian Gill. Numbered 41/50 and signed by Gill.

Gill, Eric

Hamlet (Physick 838).

SCA240-GA239-2-28
File
1934

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of one print of Hamlet, the cover page for the Hague and Gill edition of Hamlet. Numbered 12/25 and signed by Gill.

Gill, Eric

History: man just going on walking (Physick 859).

SCA240-GA239-2-29
File
1934

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of one print of History: Man Just Going on Walking. Numbered 20/20 and signed by Gill. Originally an illustration for The New Temple Shakespeare.

Gill, Eric

Hauge, Joan and Rene : Christmas card.

SCA240-GA239-1-3
File
1947

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of two copies of a Christmas card sent by Joan and Rene Hague in 1947. The cards feature religious verses in Latin.

Gill, Eric

Other Art

SCA240-GA239-3
Series
1916-1938

Part of Eric Gill collection.

Series consists of other art created by Eric Gill. Includes drawings, architectural plans, and paintings.

Gill, Eric

The history of King Henry VIII (Physick 925).

SCA240-GA239-2-30
File
1937

Part of Eric Gill collection.

File consists of one print of the frontispiece for Henry the Eighth. Signed by Gill with a note reading "for Shakespear's Henry VIII pub by New York Limited Edition Club, 1937. Also includes the back of the original mat.

Gill, Eric

Hog and wheatsheaf (Physick 31).