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Midsummer Night: A View from the Vejle Fjord

Printing Plate
c.1919 (made), 01/11/1919 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Landscape with trees and sheep; Metal printing plate; For use in conjunction with E.3490, 3492, 3494, 3496 and 3498-1923.


Object details

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Object type
TitleMidsummer Night: A View from the Vejle Fjord (published title)
Materials and techniques
zinc and relief etching?
Brief description
Relief etched printing plate. One of 6 for printing in colours. William Giles. Print was published by Bromhead, Cutts & Co., London in 1919.
Physical description
Landscape with trees and sheep; Metal printing plate; For use in conjunction with E.3490, 3492, 3494, 3496 and 3498-1923.
Dimensions
  • Height: 39.8cm
  • Width: 28.6cm
Gallery label
This was Giles’s first experiment in transferring Japanese-style woodblocks to relief etching. He did not use a keyblock, but instead built up the image using colour and pattern from six metal plates. He painted his design onto the metal using pigment diluted with turps or petroleum, then manipulated it with a brush handle, blade or needle before etching. To print, he applied washes using brushes, shown clearly in the rainbow colouring still visible on the first plate.(August 2019)
Credit line
Given by William Giles
Subjects depicted
Associated objects
Collection
Accession number
E.3488-1923

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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