Moses Griffith (b. 1749)
Griffith was born in Carmarthenshire; as a young man he was engaged as a servant to Thomas Pennant (1726-1798) the noted antiquarian. He drew on his travels with Pennant before refining his artistic abilities through study at the School of the Artists’ Society. He provided designs for Pennant’s Journey from Chester to London, 1782 and the second volume of Tour of Wales, 1781. Griffith retired to Wales, publishing a small number of etchings of views of his home country.
Collections
British Museum, London
National Portrait Gallery, London
Royal Collection Trust
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Literature
Redgrave, S (1970 reprint), A Dictionary of Artists of the English School, Kingsmead Reprints
Williamson, G C Ed. (1904), Bryan’s Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, George Bell and Sons
Our full selection of antique prints can be viewed here.
Griffith was born in Carmarthenshire; as a young man he was engaged as a servant to Thomas Pennant (1726-1798) the noted antiquarian. He drew on his travels with Pennant before refining his artistic abilities through study at the School of the Artists’ Society. He provided designs for Pennant’s Journey from Chester to London, 1782 and the second volume of Tour of Wales, 1781. Griffith retired to Wales, publishing a small number of etchings of views of his home country.
Collections
British Museum, London
National Portrait Gallery, London
Royal Collection Trust
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Literature
Redgrave, S (1970 reprint), A Dictionary of Artists of the English School, Kingsmead Reprints
Williamson, G C Ed. (1904), Bryan’s Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, George Bell and Sons
Our full selection of antique prints can be viewed here.