"Outwardly I was a Curate": The Lunatic

Edward Gordon Craig British

block cut 1898, printed 1923

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Title: "Outwardly I was a Curate": The Lunatic
Artist: Edward Gordon Craig (British, Stevenage, Hertfordshire 1872–1966 Vence, France)
Date: block cut 1898, printed 1923
Medium: Woodcut; second state
Dimensions: Image: 4 15/16 × 2 1/2 in. (12.5 × 6.4 cm)
Sheet: 6 3/4 × 4 7/8 in. (17.1 × 12.4 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1924
Object Number: 24.65.10
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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