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Castor

A work made of etching in black on ivory laid paper.

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  • A work made of etching in black on ivory laid paper.

Date:

1927

Artist:

Frederick Landseer Maur Griggs
British, 1876-1938

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Frederick Landseer Maur Griggs

Title

Castor

Place

United Kingdom (Artist's nationality)

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1927

Medium

Etching in black on ivory laid paper

Inscriptions

Signed lower right, below plate, in graphite: “F.L. Griggs”

Dimensions

Plate: 13.5 × 12.3 cm (5 3/8 × 4 7/8 in.); Sheet: 28.7 × 21 cm (11 5/16 × 8 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Meg and Mark Hausberg

Reference Number

2021.569

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