Sellenger
F.L. Griggs
1917/1922
Medium
etching in black on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 12.38 x 16.83 cm (4 7/8 x 6 5/8 in.) sheet: 21.59 x 28.89 cm (8 1/2 x 11 3/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1975.27.2
About the Artist
F.L. Griggs
Frederick Landseer Maur Griggs (1876–1938), known professionally as F.L. Griggs, was a British etcher and illustrator whose haunting architectural prints rank among the finest achievements in the revival of etching as a fine art medium during the early twentieth century. Born in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, Griggs was largely self-taught as a printmaker, developing his mastery of the etching needle thr...