The Green Island

Multiple artists/makers

1946

Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information

Overview

Title: The Green Island
Author: Gwyn Jones (British, New Tredegar, Wales 1907–1999 Aberystwyth, Wales)
Engraver: John Petts (British, 1914–1991/92)
Artist and publisher: Christopher Sandford (British, ca. 1926–1960)
Publisher: Golden Cockerel Press (London)
Printer: Printed by F. J. Newbery, Chiswick Press (British, London)
Binder: S. & S. (London)
Date: 1946
Medium: Illustrations: wood engraving
Dimensions: 10 3/16 x 6 3/4 x 5/8 in. (25.9 x 17.1 x 1.6 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1967
Object Number: 67.807.5
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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