Wood engraving, signed, from Coming Down the Seine (1953)

Gibbings (Robert).  Vignette for head of Chapter Seven (page 121)       5 cm x 6 cm    “Now in high summer I came back to another fall of snow, a veritable smother of pure white mayflies...They fluttered against the windows and fell in thousands. Soon there were drifts of them on every sill and step.”The engraving depicts steps on a pebbled shore and a small boat beyond. 

Price: £200