F.L.Griggs - 'The Biggin'

Social History (Museum of St Albans)

2007.5451

Etching by F.L.Griggs, signed in plate bottom right corner, no date. View of 'The Biggin', Hitchin. 'The Biggin' was built in 1361 for the support of 3 Gilbertine Canons. By 1635 it was being used as a school and converted to almshouses in 1723, a purpose for which it is still used today. Major modernisation was undertaken in 1960. Frederick Landseer Maur Griggs (1876-1938) was born in Hitchin and lived there until 1903. He was a distinguished etcher and from 1896 onwards he exhibited widely.

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Amy Cooke

4) Verulamium Archive Room

'The Biggin', Queen Street, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, UK.

PWD box 35 (black).

09/03/2007