The Round Trip

Autumn

Edward Bawden (1903 - 1989) was a prolific painter and a designer of book illustrations, murals and advertising material. He was also a dedicated printmaker throughout his life: lithographs, copper engravings and, particularly, linocuts.

Because his output was so large, the area to be covered by this book had to be limited. 'Editioned prints' seemed appropriate, but published engravings, pattern papers and several items that didn't fit anywhere else are included. None the less the book contains 200 items, all illustrated and in colour as necessary.

Kew Gardens, Brighton, Liverpool Street Station, London Markets and London Monuments were subjects that attracted Bawden's printmaking, but there are also prints illustrating Aesop's fables, and book illustrations for Malory's Morte d'Arthur and The Hound of Baskervilles, included because they were issued separately as editioned prints.

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