Midsummer Night: A View from the Vejle Fjord

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Artist/Maker	Bromhead, Cutts & Co. Ltd. (publisher) Giles, W (printmaker)
Place of origin	Britain (made) London (published)

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

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Categories	Prints Tools & Equipment Printmaking Techniques Landscapes
Object type	Printing Plate
Title	Midsummer Night: A View from the Vejle Fjord (published title)
Materials and techniques	zinc and relief etching? Zinc 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	(August 2019) 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.
Credit line	Given by William Giles
Subjects depicted	Trees Sheep Moon
Associated objects	E.3489-1923 E.3490-1923 E.3491-1923 E.3492-1923 E.3493-1923 E.3495-1923 E.3496-1923 E.3497-1923 E.3498-1923 E.3499-1923 E.3488-1923
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.3494-1923

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O768879/midsummer-night-a-view-from-printing-plate-giles-w/

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