Syde
1935
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View on museum website →Medium
etching in black on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 13 x 11.7 cm (5 1/8 x 4 5/8 in.) sheet: 20.1 x 16.9 cm (7 15/16 x 6 5/8 in.) mat: 35.6 x 27.9 cm (14 x 11 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Jacob Kainen
Accession Number
2002.98.114
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...