Gwen Raverat's Books

Portrays the extraordinary relationship between Virginia Woolf, one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century, and Gwen and Jacques Raverat

A memoir of a Cambridge childhood. Vividly evoking a bygone era, it is a shrewd, touching and comic portrait of Gwen Raverat's (the grand-daughter of Charles Darwin) eccentric relations, and of Cambridge society in a time when it was restricted enough to be treated as an extension of the family.

A facsimile of a 19th century book is a delightful, quirky account, beautifully illustrated with the author's famous line drawings, of her quintessentially English childhood growing up as a Darwin at the end of the 19th century.

Portrays the extraordinary relationship between Virginia Woolf, one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century, and Gwen and Jacques Raverat

From the late 19th century, wood engraving became a medium for creative expression. One of the most prolific and significant engravers was Gwen Raverat (1885-1957). Raverat had an impressionistic approach - her skill at conveying atmosphere and different qualities of light was unrivalled. This book was first published in a limited edition, handprinted by Simon Lawrence at his Fleece Press. It contains an in-depth assessment of Gwen Raverat as a wood engraver, exploring her technique and her experiments with colour prints. In addition it contains the first catalogue of all her engravings, and a descriptive bibliography of the books and ephemera which she illustrated.

Book's by Gwen Raverat

Virginia Woolf & the Raverats

Virginia Woolf & the Raverats

Period Piece

Period Piece

Period Piece

Period Piece

Virginia Woolf & the Raverats

Virginia Woolf & the Raverats

Gwen Raverat, Wood Engraver

Gwen Raverat, Wood Engraver

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