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Owlpen Manor: P.4188-R

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Owlpen Manor

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Griggs, Frederick Landseer

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1931) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Dating

1930 - 1931

Note

First state, with the inscription but no signature.

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Plate Height 210 mm Width 257 mm
Sheet Height 269 mm Width 323 mm

Techniques used in production

Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: F.L. Griggs
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: To my friend NORMAN JEWSON, who, with one only purpose, & at his own cost & loss, possessed himself of the demesne of OWLPEN / when, for the first time in seven hundred years, it passed into alien hands, & with great care & skill saved this ancient house from ruin
  • Location: Plate lower left, centre and right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Dedication

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Identification numbers

Accession number: P.4188-R
Primary reference Number: 2591
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Owlpen Manor" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/2591 Accessed: 2024-03-28 19:50:07

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{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/2591 |title=Owlpen Manor |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-03-28 19:50:07|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

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