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Print made by Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802, British, On the Banks of the Marne below the Bridge at Charenton, 1803
- Title:
- On the Banks of the Marne below the Bridge at Charenton
- Additional Title(s):
- Sur les Borde de la Marne au Dessous du Pont de Charenton
- Part Of:
Collective Title: Selection of Twenty of the Most Picturesque Views of Paris and its Environs
- Date:
- 1803
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and aquatint with hand coloring in watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 15 5/8 × 25 1/8 inches (39.7 × 63.8 cm), Plate: 7 7/8 × 11 inches (20 × 27.9 cm), Image: 5 5/8 × 9 3/4 inches (14.3 × 24.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower right: "Colored by hand & not printed | 1st printing | paper watermarked 1801 | No.11 | £ 2.10"
Watermark, lower right: "1801 | J. Whatman"
Lettered, lower left: "Drawn & Etch'd by Thos. Girtin | On the Banks of the Marne below the Bridge at Charenton | Print"; lower right: "Aquatinted by I.B. Harraden | Sur les Bords de la Marne au dessous du Pont de Charenton" | lower center: "London: Pub. January 1, 1803, By J. Girtin, No. 8 Charles Street, Middlesex Hospital | 19"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1978.43.874
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | bridge (built work) | cityscape | river
- Associated Places:
- Charenton-le-Pont | Europe | France | Marne | Pont de Charenton-le-Pont | Val-de-Marne | Île-de-France
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:41101
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