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The Downing Griffon

The Downing Griffon

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Downing College Griffon and the East Range

Painted by Eva Fang

The oldest of the New colleges, and the newest of the old, Downing is the only College of Cambridge to be founded between 1596 and 1869. It was founded with wealth left by Sir George Downing, 1st Baronet, who had served both Oliver Cromwell and Charles II, and had built 10 Downing Street itself. He had three heirs, but his will specified that if all three died without issue, the estate was to be used to found a College at Cambridge called Downing. Duly, all three heirs died, and after a long, and costly legal action, the will was eventually enacted. 

The initial plans for the college were extensive and grand, but the lengthy legal action meant that the grand vision of massive campus college stretching from Downing street to Lensfield road was much reduced. The College still features what may be the largest College Court in either Oxford or Cambridge, but this is contested by Trinity College's Great Court.

The arms of the College are derived from George Downing's. Featuring a Griffin "Segreant" on a shield of blue and white horizontal bars.
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Materials

Paper: Our prints are printed on 250 gsm, matt finish digital conservation paper. Produced in Germany from acid and chlorine free wood pulp.

Frames: All our frames are hand-made and hand-finished in Sussex, with responsibly sourced wood

Black: hand-painted solid ash showing the grain of the wood
White: solid wood with a painted satin finish
Natural: solid oak with a hand-applied finishing wax
Gold: solid wood with a painted gilt finish

Glazing: 2mm cast acrylic for safety, optical clarity, UV protection and is recyclable  

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Our prints are produced to demand and are shipped separately by our printing partner.

Overseas orders may be subject to high shipping costs - especially with larger prints, as these are awkward to handle.

Timeframes on print on demand products can vary: unframed prints are usually dispatched within 5 working days via a tracked delivery service.

Prints with frames are made to order, and can take longer to dispatch.

Dimensions

This product is available in a number of formats and sizes, all sizes include any white space or mounting board surrounding the image, actual image sizes vary depending on aspect ratio.

Art print - Standard - Total Size
Small - 30 x 40 cm 
Medium - 45 x 60 cm
Large - 60 x 80 cm
Extra Large - 75 x 100 cm

Art Print - Square - Total Size

Small - 40x40 cm
Medium - 60x60 cm
Large - 80x80 cm
Extra Large - 100x100 cm

Mounted & Framed Art Print 
Small - 32x 40 cm 
Medium - 47 x 60 cm
Large - 62 x 80 cm
Extra Large - 77 x 100 cm 

Mounted and Framed Art Print - Square -

Small - 42x40cm
Medium - 62x60 cm
Large - 82x80 cm
Extra Large - 102x100 cm

Framed Print sizes are approximate

Rolled and Stretched Canvases are sized differently to prints, depending on the aspect ratio of the painting, the size listed here is the largest any edge of the print may be, but depending on the image, it may be square, or rectangular.
Small - 40 cm
Medium - 60 cm
Large - 80 cm
Extra Large - 100 cm

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King and McGaw pride themselves on sustainability and responsible sourcing. They utilise high quality inks, paper and hand finish their frames in their workshop in Sussex. To create a print that is as much a work of art as the piece it is based on.