Robert Gibbings
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Robert John Gibbings was an Irish artist and author who was most noted for his work as a wood engraver and sculptor, and for his books on travel and natural history. Along with Noel Rooke, he was one
Poster issued by the Underground Electric Railways Company of London Ltd (1922)
Wood engraving from Sweet Thames Run Softly
Gibbings's headstone in the churchyard at Long Wittenham
Golden Cockerel Press
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The Golden Cockerel Press was an English fine press operating between 1920 and 1961.
Robert Gibbings
…examples of his 'vanishing line' technique. In 1923 Gibbings received a commission for a set of wood engravings for The Lives of Gallant Ladies for the Golden Cockerel Press, his most important commission to date at 100 guineas. Gibbings was working on the wood engravings The Lives of Gallant Ladies when Hal Taylor, the…
Cover of The Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite by F. L. Lucas (Golden Cockerel Press, 1948); an Edgar Mansfield binding
An artwork by Eric Gill for the Golden Cockerel's 1931 edition of the Gospels.
The Golden Cockerel typeface, designed for the press by Gill
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