North Marston Church

1909

F.L. Griggs

Associated Names
F. L. Griggs

Artist, British, 1876 - 1938

The image shows a ground level perspective of a grand, historic building resembling a church or cathedral. The structure features a tower with battlements, gothic windows with intricate tracery, and detailed stonework, all depicted through an etching technique with fine lines. The color palette is primarily sepia tones. In the foreground, there is a path with two figures walking towards the building, surrounded by shrubbery.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink with brown wash on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    board: 13.34 × 18.89 cm (5 1/4 × 7 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.4690

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Comstock 1966, no. 583

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania; acquired 1943 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1945

  • F.L. Griggs, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 1945-1946.

Bibliography

1966

  • Comstock, Francis Adams. A Gothic Vision: F. L. Griggs and His Work. Massachusetts: Boston Public Library, 1966, no. 583.

Inscriptions

lower center in black ink: F.L.GRIGGS-1909 / 3 1/2"; in later hand, across center verso in graphite: Griggs. / Long MarstonBucks-1908

Wikidata ID

Q64561138

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