Gwen Raverat
(1885-1957)

woman, artist, illustrator, wood engraver, and author of Period Piece: A Cambridge Childhood

Died aged c. 72

Gwendolen Mary "Gwen" Raverat (née Darwin; 26 August 1885 – 11 February 1957), was an English wood engraver who was a founder member of the Society of Wood Engravers. Her memoir Period Piece was published in 1952.

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Cambridge, United Kingdom

Gwen Raverat (nee Darwin) 1885-1957 Artist, illustrator, wood engraver and author of 'Period Piece': A Cambridge Childhood. Born and died here at Newnham Grange, the Darwin family home, now part of Darwin College

Darwin College, Silver Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom where they was born (1885) and died (1957)