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The first primrose

Joan HASSALL
The first primrose
 (1947)
illustration for Our Village by Mary Russell Mitford, published by Harrap, London, 1947

Medium
wood-engraving

Measurements
6.5 × 10.3 cm (image) 9.7 × 12.2 cm irreg. (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1953
© the artist’s estate

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
London, England

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Hassall and McLean 50

Inscription
inscribed in relief (in image) l.r.: JH(monogram).
inscribed in pencil l.l.: The First Primrose
inscribed in pencil l.r.: Joan Hassall /15

Accession Number
3025F-4

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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