Name/TitlePrint: Cheiron in Type
About this objectDigital pigment fine art print on paper titled Cheiron in Type
MakerSkaer, Lucy
Maker RoleArtist
Date Made2012
Period2010s
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, paper
Place MadeScotland, Glasgow
TechniqueDigital pigment print
MeasurementsL: 327 x W: 254mm
Subject and Association Keywords21 Revolutions
Subject and Association DescriptionOn her 33rd Birthday, Virginia and Leonard Woolf decided to buy Hogarth House, a printing press and a bulldog that they would name John. It is not known what happened to the bulldog, but in 1917 a hand press and tray of type was delivered to the Woolf’s at Hogarth House. Initially thought of as a hobby or therapy to keep Virginia’s mind from her work, it soon became key in allowing the pair to publish their own and their peer’s work without being subjected to editor’s changes and economic decisions. For Virginia it also changed her approach to language as she began to see words as physical entities in themselves.
Cheiron in Type is a photograph of a damaged copy of ‘Cheiron’ by R.C. Trevelyan published by the Hogarth press and printed in 1927. The book is cast in to a block with melted down tin type.
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypePrint
Object numberGWL-2015-49-7
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved