This hand-pulled linocut print by Michael Smith is one of a series showing historic monuments in their landscape. It features the Craw Stane, a Pictish monument at Rhynie in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

The Craw Stane is features an incised image of a fish and a Pictish beast or kelpie. Set in its highland landscape, the stone reminds us of the power and culture of the Picts, a people who thrived in the highlands for over six centuries but who are now all but lost to written record.

This print is hand printed on 250 gsm Somerset Velvet Paper on a 19th Century Albion Press in 3 colours, printed from  3 different plates and signed and edition by the artist. Printed area: 12" x 12"; paper size approx twice as much again.

One of variable edition of 10.