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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

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/d8d5356d-a847-337f-8f29-5d4041fb811e

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/d8d5356d-a847-337f-8f29-5d4041fb811e, Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery, CC BY-NC

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