“The Coopers Arms 1886” by F L Griggs – The Coopers Arms, Tilehouse St, Hitchin, Herts, UK
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N 51° 56.820 W 000° 16.857
30U E 686867 N 5758636
An etching of The Coopers Arms looking North up Tilehouse St.
Waymark Code: WMN1ZX
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 date of this etching is unlikely to be correct, the engraver would be only ten years old in 1886. The etching is in the collection of the St Albans Museum.
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Artist: Frederick Landseer Maur Griggs
Date of Your Photograph: 12/10/2014
Medium of Painting: Etching
Date of Painting: Not listed
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