- Title:
- Old College from Laura Place, Aberystwyth
- Object name(s):
- WaterColourOrDrawings; Old College, Aberystwyth
- Brief description:
- Street scene with Old College, Aberystwyth; foreground, a grass bank; middleground, a street with a lamp post, pedestrians (students?) and an old car; background, the neo-gothic Old College featuring castellated towers, a portico and pinnacles. Line drawing with some limited tonal work. Some foxing
- Collection:
- Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery
- Acquisition date:
- 1987
- Acquisition method:
- Gift
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension value:
- 158
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension value:
- 217
- Material:
- Pencil on cream wove paper
- Object name:
- WaterColourOrDrawings; Old College, Aberystwyth
- Object number:
- WD63
- Object production date:
- 1930
- Date - association:
- C
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1930
- Date - latest:
- 1930
- Object production person:
- Gwenhwyfar Davies
- Person's association:
- Artist/Maker
- Person's biographical note:
- Painter and printmaker. Taught printmaking at the School of Arts and Crafts, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1929-59. Travelled in Italy and Hungary. Greatly influenced by the work of Frederick Charles Richards (1878-1932), she produced etchings of landscapes and townscapes in an economical line
- Person's birth date:
- 1894
- Person's death date:
- 1988
- Person's forenames:
- Gwenhwyfar
- Person's place of birth:
- UK, Wales
- Person's surname:
- Davies
- Object production place:
- UK, Wales, Aberystwyth
- Owner:
- The artist
- Organisation's association:
- Object source
- Responsible department/section:
- WaterColourOrDrawings
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/01833aa4-536b-355c-a6f3-cd6adb236093
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/01833aa4-536b-355c-a6f3-cd6adb236093, Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery, CC BY-NC
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