Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Ravilious, born in 1903, studied on a scholarship at the RCA (1922-25) where his tutors included William Rothenstein and Paul Nash and he first met life-long friend Edward Bawden. In the 1920s he made his early reputation with wood-engravings but by 1936 had started making lithographs with the Curwen Press and taking commissions for illustration and book jacket design whilst continuing to paint the southern English countryside.
Set of 24 original wood engraving printed from the original wood blocks. Printed in a limited edition of 500 by Robert Gibbings at The Golden Cockerel Press.
Ravilious’s sensitive engravings chart the course of the year for nature and mankind.
Each frame measures: 27.5 x 85 cm
First frame - January - Sleet & Chopping Wood
February - Polish and Shine & Public House
March - Seven Sisters & Windy Days
April - Showers & Boy with Nest
May - Grasses & Tennis Match
June - The Nest & Swimmer
Second Frame - July - Lightning Storm & Three Horses
August - Bracken & Garden Hammock
September - Berries & Apple Picking
October - Poppies & Two Cats
November - Field Gate & Fireworks
December - Baking & Night time Reading
Ravilious, born in 1903, studied on a scholarship at the RCA (1922-25) where his tutors included William Rothenstein and Paul Nash and he first met life-long friend Edward Bawden. In the 1920s he made his early reputation with wood-engravings but by 1936 had started making lithographs with the Curwen Press and taking commissions for illustration and book jacket design whilst continuing to paint the southern English countryside.
Set of 24 original wood engraving printed from the original wood blocks. Printed in a limited edition of 500 by Robert Gibbings at The Golden Cockerel Press.
Ravilious’s sensitive engravings chart the course of the year for nature and mankind.
Each frame measures: 27.5 x 85 cm
First frame - January - Sleet & Chopping Wood
February - Polish and Shine & Public House
March - Seven Sisters & Windy Days
April - Showers & Boy with Nest
May - Grasses & Tennis Match
June - The Nest & Swimmer
Second Frame - July - Lightning Storm & Three Horses
August - Bracken & Garden Hammock
September - Berries & Apple Picking
October - Poppies & Two Cats
November - Field Gate & Fireworks
December - Baking & Night time Reading
