The Eric Ravilious Wood Engraving Postcard Collection No. 2.

The Eric Ravilious Wood Engraving Postcard Collection No. 2.

Introducing the long awaited second collection of Eric Ravilious wood engravings, comprising ‘Cuckoo’, ‘Hovis Mill’, ‘Sussex Landscape’, ‘Wheatsheaf’, ‘Woodland outside Florence’, and ‘San Gigignano’. ‘Cuckoo’ and ‘Wheatsheaf’ were created for the Cornhill Magazine in 1933 and 1936 respectively, while ‘San Gigignano’ and ‘Woodland outside Florence’ were completed after a visit to Italy in the first half of the 1920s. ‘Sussex Landscape’ is thought to be a stylised depiction of the magnificent (and still in use) tithe barn in Alciston, Sussex, ‘Hovis Mill’ is very definitely a depiction of the mill in Sible Hedingham, Essex.

Eric Ravilious (22 July 1903 – 2 September 1942) was an exceptional watercolourist, wood engraver and designer. He grew up in the shadow of the Sussex Downs in the coastal town of Eastbourne, the surrounding landscape of which heavily influenced many of his best known works. His instantly recognisable style, palette and choice of subject have an almost universal appeal, a blend which has increased in popularity with the passing of time.