From:NHerts
Name/TitleHitchin Church from the South-East: pencil drawing
About this objectSt Mary's Church, Hitchin: pencil drawing by F L Griggs. The drawing shows the south porch and tower of the church, with gravestones in the foreground.
The drawing is undated and it is not clear if it is listed in Comstock’s catalogue of the artist’s known work (he concedes that there are many drawings in private collections he was unable to catalogue). In the centenary exhibition held at Hitchin Museum in 1976, a date of about 1910 was suggested, but it is not known on what grounds. On the other hand, Comstock lists a set of three drawings of St Mary’s made in 1897 for a projected collection on Old Hitchin that was never completed: this may be the one described as ‘Hitchin Church from the South-East’.
A reproduction edition limited to 60 copies was published by North Hertfordshire Museums Service in 1978, of which no 38 is in the Museum’s collection.
MakerFrederick Landseer Maur Griggs RA
Maker RoleArtist
Date Made1897
Period20th Century (1901-2000)
Medium and MaterialsOrganic | Board
Ink
Place MadeUnited Kingdom, England, Hertfordshire, Hitchin
Inscription and MarksFLGriggs (pencilled signature, lower right)
Measurements248 × 327 mm (board)
143 × 185 mm (drawing)
Subject and Association DescriptionSt Mary's Church, Hitchin, Herts, UK
Named CollectionHitchin Museum
Credit LineEmma C Fisher bequest (York Road, Hitchin, Herts), via Manager, Trustee Department, Westminster Bank, 28 Market Hill, Cambridge, executor
Object TypeDrawing
Object number6017
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved
