Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Thomas Girtin, (after Fossati?), 1775–1802, British
Title:
Classical Composition
Date:
1798 to 1799
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, laid paper, mounted on very thick cardboard
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 x 18 13/16 inches (30.5 x 47.8 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.3.1069
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
ladder | archways | figures | clouds | brick | architectural subject | ruins | grass | bushes | stone | trees
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Thomas Girtin (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-01-21 - 1986-03-30)

English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17)
Publications:
Susan Morris, Thomas Girtin, 1775-1802, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1986, pp. 18, 44, 69, no. 71, NJ18 .G44 M67 (LC) (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5843