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Print made by Frederick Landseer Maur Griggs, 1876–1938, British, Memory of Clavering, 1934

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Creator:

Print made by Frederick Landseer Maur Griggs, 1876–1938

Title:

Memory of Clavering

Date:

1934

Materials & Techniques:

Etching; 3rd state on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 7 1/4 × 9 1/2 inches (18.4 × 24.1 cm), Plate: 7 × 9 1/4 inches (17.8 × 23.5 cm), Image: 7 × 9 1/8 inches (17.8 × 23.2 cm)

Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in graphite on verso, lower right: "Memory of Clavering"

Lettered below image, lower left: "A Rose as faireas ever saw the North | Orewe in a little garden all alone | A sweeter flowre did Nature nere put forth | Nor fairer Garden yet was neuer knowne | The Maydens danc't about it morne and noone | And learned Bards of it their ditties made | the nimble ffairyes by the pale faced moonc | Water'd the Roote and kiss'd her pretty shade | But welladaye that Gardner careless grewe | the maids and ffairyes both were kept awaye | And in a drought the Caterpillars threwe | Themselves upon the Budd and euery Sprayc | God shield the stock’ If heaven | send no supplyes | The ffairest Blossom of the Garden dyes.' lower right, inside image: "F.L.G 1934"

Signed in graphite, lower right: "F.L. Griggs"

Credit Line:

Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

Copyright Status:

Accession Number:

B1994.4.303

Classification:

Prints

Collection:

Prints and Drawings

Access:

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Link:

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:37486

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