C. A. Reynolds Stone CBE, RDI

Born 1909
Died 1978

Active: 1930 - 1976

Country of birth and death: England

Engraver, letter cutter in stone

He was born at Eton, Berkshire. In 1930 he met Eric Gill on a train, who invited him to stay at Pigotts. He left after two weeks, having engraved an alphabet under Gill's supervision and went to work for a printing press. This was the start of a long and active career as a letter cutter, engraver and designer of currency. (See http://www.reynoldsstone.co.uk/main.html accessed 16 August 2010)

Citing this record

'C. A. Reynolds Stone CBE, RDI', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib2_1221226048, accessed 19 Jun 2018]