“Bridge St 1897” by F L Griggs – Bridge St, Hitchin, Herts, UK
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N 51° 56.744 W 000° 16.707
30U E 687044 N 5758501
An etching of Bridge St looking East.
Waymark Code: WMN1ZP
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 12/10/2014
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Frederick Landeer Maur Griggs was born in Hitchin in 1876. He was a distinguished etcher, one of the first etchers to be elected to membership of the Royal Academy. In 1903 he settled at Dover’s House in Chipping Campden. He went on to create an Arts and Crafts house at New Dover’s House. He set up the Dover’s House Press.
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The houses in the centre and to the right of the etching are still there, but the building to the left has long since been replaced. The etching is in the collection of the St Albans Museum.
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Artist: Frederick Landseer Maur Griggs
Date of Painting: 01/01/1897
Date of Your Photograph: 12/10/2014
Medium of Painting: Etching
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