- Title:
- Hafod: making the wilderness smile
- Object name(s):
- Prints; View of the house of Hafod, Cardiganshire
- Brief description:
- View of the house of Hafod, Cardiganshire; foreground, in the centre, a path, on the left and on the right, rocks and two stunted trees; middleground, a large country house with arches, arch windows, pinnacles, castellated parapets, a mosque-like dome, and an Italianate belfry / campanile; background, wooded hills; sky, cloudy with wind-blown rain across the whole image. Paper has the watermark \'ARCHES FRANCE\'
- Collection:
- Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery
- Acquisition date:
- 1990
- Acquisition method:
- Purchase
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension value:
- 697
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension value:
- 492
- Inscription content:
- (pencil, lower right margin) 2/40, (pencil, lower right margin) Robert Meyrick [artist\'s signature]
- Material:
- Colour screenprint on white Arches paper
- Object name:
- Prints; View of the house of Hafod, Cardiganshire
- Object number:
- PR1658
- Object production date:
- 1990
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1990
- Date - latest:
- 1990
- Object production person:
- Robert Kendall Meyrick
- Person's association:
- Artist/Maker
- Person's biographical note:
- Painter, printmaker, curator and art historian. Studied at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, where he has taught since 1990 as Senior Lecturer and Keeper of the School of Art Museum and Gallery. In 2005 he was appointed Head of the School of Art. His written work includes published catalogues on numerous artists including Edgar Holloway, John Elwyn, Gwilym Pritchard and George Chapman. He has produced paintings, linocuts and screenprints including a series of works recording the history of the now demolished house at Hafod
- Person's birth date:
- 1958
- Person's forenames:
- Robert Kendall
- Person's place of birth:
- UK, Wales, Ogmore Vale
- Person's surname:
- Meyrick
- Object production place:
- UK, Wales, Aberystwyth
- Owner:
- The artist
- Organisation's association:
- Object source
- Responsible department/section:
- Prints
- Text:
- Number 2 of an edition of 40
- Text reason:
- Collections online text
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Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/a52723ea-a80b-37c2-b632-0c5138b281c5, Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery, CC BY-NC
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