Eric Gill., 03/20/1935-03/20/1935

File — Box: 1, Folder: 8

Identifier: 91001

Series-level Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

Correspondence written mostly to Michael Richey from personal friends. Also includes photographs and manuscripts.

Dates

03/20/1935-03/20/1935

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

From the Collection: 1.04 Linear Feet (3 Hollinger boxes (2 Document Cases, 1 Slim Document Case))

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Shelf Location

08/19/07

Container Summary

1 ALS from Eric Gill to Michael Richey. Gill is responding to a letter sent by Richey and comments on donors in the church, criticizes carvings by Dom Hubert, and emphasizes the importance of precision in stone carving. *Richey adds in his notes: "This was addressed to me at Downside, where I was still a pupil - aged 18. Dom Hubert referred to is Hubert Van Zeller, a Monk of Downside who at one stage decided to try his vocation as a Carthusian, at Parkminster. When he left he gave me a number of his works - drawings, carvings, including a drawing (I think) a crucifix. I wondered - in all innocence - whether Gill might carve it and wrote to him. Reading the letter through so many years later I wonder whether E.G. did not think I was a master!"

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

GILL, ERIC - CORRESP. TO RICHEY, MICHAEL (1935): Autographed Letter

RICHEY, MICHAEL - CORRESP. FROM GILL, ERIC (1935): Autographed Letter

VAN ZELLER, HUBERT - REF. IN CORRESP. BY GILL, ERIC (1935): Autographed Letter