The George Inn, Beaconsfield
F.L. Griggs
1908
Medium
pen and black ink
Dimensions
sheet: 17.94 × 14.13 cm (7 1/16 × 5 9/16 in.) support: 28.5 x 25.3 cm (11 1/4 x 9 15/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.4679
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...