GWEN RAVERAT (BRITISH, 1885-1957)

Gwen Raverat (British, 1885-1957) Hoeing; Ploughing; Wedding; Cows; Sheep, Early Spring: Haymaking all signed lower right "Gwen Raverat" six wood engravings each 6 x 10cm, framed as one Gwen Raverat was a wood engraver, illustrator, painter, designer and writer. The daughter of Sir George Darwin, Professor of Astronomy at Cambridge University, Gwen Raverat was the author of a book of great charm, Period Piece, which describes her childhood in Cambridge. Gwen Raverat studied painting at the Slade School of Fine Art under Henry Tonks, Fred Brown and Philip Wilson Steer from 1908-1911. An admirer of the work of Thomas Bewick in wood engraving, she initially took instruction in engraving from her cousin by marriage Elinor Monsell. In 1911 Gwen Darwin married the artist Jacques Raverat, and they made their home in France. After his death in 1925, she returned to England and eventually to Cambridge. During World War II Gwen Raverat worked as a draughtswoman in Naval Intelligence. She later exhibited at the New English Art Club, the Redfern Gallery, the RSA and RHA. The British Museum holds her work, as do many private collections including the Fitzwilliam in Cambridge.

Under glass. Lots of flies under the mount and discoouration to the mount - prints themselves are fine.