Goshawks are one of the largest species of hawk, found across Wales, central and northern England and southern Scotland in woodland glades and forests. They have broad wings to enable them to weave through trees and hunt at speed. Frink’s goshawk is in the act of spreading these wings, perhaps about to take off from the textured rock it is perched on. Goshawk
is one of the nine lithographs in Frink’s Birds of Prey
series from 1974.
Date of work
Original: Original: Etching and aquatint on paper 54 x 46.5 cm © Estate of Elisabeth Frink. All Rights Reserved, DACS 20YY
Dame Elisabeth Frink was an English sculptor and printmaker who studied at the Guildford School of Art at the Chelsea School of Art. Frink’s range of subjects included the human figure, birds, dogs, horses and religious motifs. Frink created a lot of bronze outdoor sculptures, her style generalised the form and eliminated the detail of the sculptures. Frink’s continued fascination with flight was evident in a series of falling figures and winged men that she made during the 1960s.