'Beatrice Ward' (1926) reproduced from Eric Gill, The Engravings edited by Christopher Skelton

1990

Special Collections NE642 G5 A4 1990

London: The Herbert Press

Mrs Beatrice Ward was known as the ‘First Lady of Typography’. She modelled for Gill’s frontispiece in Art-Nonsense and Other Essays (1929) and was his main model for his Twenty-Five Nudes (1938). This portrait engraving (second state) was completed in 1926.