The Agony in the Garden, by Eric Gill

An image of The Agony in the Garden. Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi. Gill, Eric, printmaker (British, 1882-1940). Golden Cockerel Press, publisher. Wood engraving, black carbon ink on paper, height, image, 155 mm, width, image, 112 mm; height, sheet, 256 mm, width, sheet, 172 mm, 1926. Production Note(s): 3/15. Proof of an illustration on page 4 to Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi, No. 35 of the publications of the Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham St. Lawrence, Berkshire, 1926.

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The Agony in the Garden. Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi. Gill, Eric, printmaker (British, 1882-1940). Golden Cockerel Press, publisher. Wood engraving, black carbon ink on paper, height, image, 155 mm, width, image, 112 mm; height, sheet, 256 mm, width, sheet, 172 mm, 1926. Production Note(s): 3/15. Proof of an illustration on page 4 to Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi, No. 35 of the publications of the Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham St. Lawrence, Berkshire, 1926.

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Accession Number: P.179-1949
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 762 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 971.88kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1

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