Lot 560
FREDERICK LANDSEER MAUR GRIGGS (1876-1938)
FOUR ELECTROTYPE PRINTING BLOCKS, CIRCA 1906-23
Auction: Day Two inc FL Griggs : A Cotswold Legacy | Lots 334 to 654 | Thursday 16th October from 10am
Description
cast metal, wood, including DAME JULIANA'S GATEWAY, (1916, Comstock 1160), signed and dated in the metal FLG/ 1915, 15cm x 11.7cm; NORTH ARCH OF ST JAMES'S CHURCH (created 1905, Comstock 448), signed and dated in the metal FLG/ 1905-23, 13cm x 13.4cm; and COTTAGES AT WESTINGTON (1915, Comstock 1042), signed and dated in the metal FLG/ 1915, 11cm x 13.5cm; together with THE OLD HOUSE AT HOME (1918, Comstock 1172), signed and dated in the metal FLG/ 1918, 14.6cm x 11.5cm (4)
Provenance
F.L. Griggs, and by family descent, see lot 549 for more details
Footnote
The current group appears to have been destined for the Highways and Byways series however may not have been used. The Highways and Byways series, consisting of 36 regional guidebooks published by Macmillan between 1898 and 1948, combined descriptions of historic sites, local traditions, folklore, flora, and fauna with illustrations by a number of leading artists. F. L. Griggs contributed a notable body of work to the series, particularly admired for his careful attention to architectural detail. Other illustrators included Arthur B. Connor, Nelly Erichsen, Joseph McCullough, Edmund Hort New, Joseph Pennell, Hugh Thomson, David Young Cameron, and Stanley Roy Badmin. Each volume was also supplied with fold-out maps, enhancing both its visual appeal and practical use.