Northumbria, 2017: Earl Grey, The Monument, Newcastle upon Tyne [The Great Reform Act 1832, electoral reform, government] screenprint Katsutoshi Yuasa (b

Katsutoshi Yuasa (b

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60cm x 22cm (image size)

'Oak' and ‘Tormentil’ with only the colour of the main word changing to reflect the subject of the print

Northumbria, 2017: Earl Grey, The Monument, Newcastle upon Tyne [The Great Reform Act 1832, electoral reform, government] screenprint Katsutoshi Yuasa (bThis print is in two layers on Somerset Satin White paper, and is one of a set of prints depicting 21st century Northumbria, inspired by hand coloured photographs in the 1898 book Japan. The Monument celebrates Earl Grey pushing through the Great Reform Act of 1832 which started a century of electoral reform. The words forming the background are the first four paragraphs of the act. The artists great great great great grandmother, Mary Fildes, was