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Shetland : twelve etchings

Norman Ackroyd RA

RA Collection: Book

Record number

21/84

Author

Imprint

[London]: [Norman Ackroyd RA], 2012

Physical Description

[4] p., [12] leaves of plates : chiefly illustrations, 1 map ; 26.5 x 35.5 cm.

General Note

12 prints : aquatints ; plate marks 15 x 26 cm, on sheets 22.5 x 33 cm, in box 25.5 x 35.6 x 3.5 cm.
"The twelve etchings are printed by Neil Woodall in Yorkshire from copper plates etched by the artist. The paper is 280gsm Somerset rag paper from St. Cuthbert’s Mill, Somerset, England. The solander box is built by Smith-Settle in Yorkshire. Typography and letterpress by Niamh Clancy. © Norman Ackroyd 2012." [colophon].
The 12 etchings are interleaved with sheets of translucent Japanese paper.
A set of twelve etchings of landscapes depicting the Shetland Islands. Accompanied by an etched map of the region, in which the places depicted by Norman Ackroyd are noted.

Contents

Isle of Foula -- The Kame of Foula -- The Gaada Sack-Foula -- Papa Stour -- Muckle Roe -- The Drongs -- Dere Holm -- The Rumblings-Herma Ness -- Muckle Flugga -- The Noup of Noss -- Bard Head-Bressay -- The Broch of Mousa.

Copy Note

The twelve etchings are published in editions of 90 with 2 exhibition proofs and 2 printer’s proofs. Numbers 1-50 and the proofs are collated into boxed sets of which this is No. 42. Numbered and signed in pencil by the artist on the colophon. Each plate is also titled, numbered and singed by the artist.

Binding Note

Housed in a black solander box lettered in gilt on the spine: "Shetland. Norman Ackroyd. 2012." Deckle-edged paper.

Subject

Livres d'artistes
Artists' books
Aquatints

Contributors

Norman Ackroyd RA, artist/designer, etcher, publisher
Neil Woodall, printer
Niamh Clancy, letterpress printer, typographer
Smith Settle
St Cuthberts Mill, paper manufacturer