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{{EngvarB|date=March 2018}}{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}Antony Vaughan Griffiths, {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|FBA}} (born 28 July 1951) is a British museum curator and art historian, specialising in prints and drawings. From 1991 to 2011, he served as Keeper of the Department of Prints and Drawings, British Museum. He was Slade Professor of Fine Art at the University of Oxford for the 2014/2015 academic year.

Early life and education

Griffiths was born on 28 July 1951. He was educated at Highgate School, then an all-boys private school in Highgate, London. He studied Classics ("Greats") at Christ Church, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree, and art history at the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London, graduating with a Master of Arts (MA) degree.'GRIFFITHS, Antony Vaughan', Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 2016 accessed 5 Oct 2017

Career

Griffiths joined the British Museum's Department of Prints and Drawings as an Assistant Keeper in 1976.WEB, Antony Griffiths (Biographical details),weblink The British Museum, Trustees of the British Museum, 5 October 2017, He was promoted to Deputy Keeper of the department in 1981, and appointed its Keeper in 1991. After 20 years leading the department, he retired from the British Museum in 2011.Griffiths was selected to give the Panizzi Lectures at the British Library for 2003: the lecture series was titled "Prints for Books, French Book Illustration 1760–1800".WEB, The British Library Panizzi Lectures 1985 -2014,weblink The British Library, 5 October 2017, He was the Slade Professor of Fine Art at the University of Oxford for the 2014/2015 academic year.WEB, Antony Griffiths named Oxford Slade Professor for 2015,weblink Art Fund, National Art Collections Fund, 5 October 2017, 26 January 2015, WEB, Professor Antony Griffiths,weblink The British Academy, 5 October 2017, As such, he was required to give a lecture series consisting of eight lectures: the series was titled "The Print before Photography: The European print in the age of the copper plate and wooden block" (published in book form, 2016).WEB, Pickles, Matt, Slade lectures 2015 announced: free talks on printmaking before photography,weblink Oxford Arts Blog, University of Oxford, 5 October 2017, 9 January 2015, Griffiths has been Chairman of Print Quarterly Publications since 2001. He co-founded the academic journal Print Quarterly in 1984, which is published by Print Quarterly Publications, and is a serving member of its editorial board.WEB, Home page,weblink Print Quarterly, 5 October 2017, He has been a trustee of the Art Fund since 2010.WEB, Meet our trustees,weblink Art Fund, 5 October 2017, Since 2013, he has been chairman of The Walpole Society.WEB, Constitution and Governance,weblink The Walpole Society, 5 October 2017, He has been a trustee of the Henry Moore Foundation since 2014.WEB, Our trustees,weblink The Henry Moore Foundation, 5 October 2017,

Honours

In 2000, Griffiths was elected a Fellow of the British Academy, the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.On 27 September 2017, Griffiths was awarded the British Academy Medal for his book The Print Before Photography: An Introduction to European Printmaking 1550–1820.WEB, From Wikipedia to Roman coins: British Academy recognises excellence in the humanities and social sciences,weblink The British Academy, 5 October 2017,

Selected works

• BOOK, Griffiths, Antony, Prints and printmaking, 1980, British Museum Publications, London, 978-0714107707, 1st,
• BOOK, Griffiths, Antony, Prints and printmaking: an introduction to the history and techniques, 1996, British Museum Press for the Trustees of the British Museum, London, 978-0714126081, 2nd, registration,weblink
• BOOK, Griffiths, Antony, Carey, Frances, German printmaking: in the age of Goethe, 1994, British Museum Press, London, 0714116599,
• BOOK, Griffiths, Antony, Landmarks in Print Collecting: Connoisseurs and Donors at the British Museum Since 1753,weblink 1996, British Museum Press and the Parnassus Foundation, London, 978-0714126098,
• BOOK, Griffiths, Antony, Hartley, Craig, Jacques Bellange c.1575-1616: printmaker of Lorraine, 1997, British Museum Press for the British Museum, London, 071412611X,
• BOOK, Griffiths, Antony, The print in Stuart Britain, 1603-1689, 1998, British Museum, London, 978-0714126074,
• BOOK, Griffiths, Antony, Prints for books: book illustration in France, 1760-1800, 2004, British Library, London, 978-0712348744,
• BOOK, Griffiths, Antony, The Print Before Photography: An introduction to European Printmaking 1550-1820, 2016, British Museum Press, London, 978-0714126951,

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