- Title:
- Hafod: 18th Century Gothic, 19th Century Italianate
- Object name(s):
- Prints; View of the house of Hafod, Cardiganshire
- Brief description:
- A large country house, Hafod; foreground, an Italianate belfry / campanile; middleground, a large house with arches, arch windows, pinnacles, castellated parapets, a mosque-like dome, and a doorway framed by square columns topped with urns; background, hills. Cross hatched lines in the block create a grid-like pattern in the foreground. Printed in grey, pale green, three browns, pink-grey and sap green
- Collection:
- Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery
- Acquisition date:
- 1990
- Acquisition method:
- Purchase
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension value:
- 610
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension value:
- 353
- Inscription content:
- (pencil, lower right margin) Meyrick [artist's signature] 6/12
- Material:
- Colour linocut on white T.H.Saunders Hot Press paper
- Object name:
- Prints; View of the house of Hafod, Cardiganshire
- Object number:
- PR1656
- Object production date:
- 1990
- Date - association:
- C
- 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
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Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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