1927
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Print Collection is a 1927 by Edward Gordon Craig, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print shows a quiet room, maybe from a play. Edward Gordon Craig made it in 1927 for a German arts press edition of Hamlet. Craig started as an actor but switched to wood engravings. He loved the “white line” method, where the cut lines stay blank while ink fills the rest. Look up Craig’s Hamlet prints at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
This wood engraving by Edward Gordon Craig, created on Japon paper, depicts Hamlet holding a door open with his right hand while extending a sword in his left. The print is dated 1914 in pencil at the lower left and bears the artist's monogram "EGC" along with the date 1946 in the lower right corner. It was produced as part of Craig's long-term work on illustrations for the Cranach Press edition of Hamlet, printed in Weimar in 1928 with type designed by Edward Johnston and Gerhart Hauptmann's translation of Shakespeare's play.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Edward Henry Gordon Craig, was an English modernist theatre practitioner; Part of the Terry family and son of the actress Ellen Terry, he worked as an actor in his youth before becoming a director and scenic designer,…
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