Accession Code: wu0349w Title: Vézelay Date completed:1965 Medium: Prints Material: Etching Height (mm): 505 Width (mm): 633 Depth (mm): n/a Inscription: Inscribed:Valerie Thorton and numbered 13/50 Location Name: Westwood Location Description: New Education Building Location Floor: 0

She perfected an experimental printing technique, the 'open bite system', in which the etching plate is deeply pitted, producing intensely rich, almost sculpted, marks on the paper. Vézelay was made using this method and it evokes the strength and solidity of an ancient hill town.