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Throughout his life he produced commercial work alongside his book illustrations, ranging from book tokens to printers devices. He was even described by a contemporary as bringing about a revival in wood engraving for advertising through his 1920 Matineé cigarette advertisements. Following his experience of working with Eric Gill at the Golden Cockerel Press, Gibbing's work, as shown here, demonstrated their shared belief that wood engravings designed to be printed with type must have the same 'unit of texture' and be black line engravings.","physicalDescription":"Poster in black and white advertising the Orient Line. This poster depcits an old sailing ship, cruising waves, with a bird in the sky. The poem 'This / sky and this sea / were open to me- / there was a sign, a / call in them, - some- / thing to which I / responded with every / fibre of my being. / Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim.' 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