Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802, British
Title:
Jedburgh Abbey, Roxburghshire
Date:
ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor over graphite, and gray wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 5/8 x 8 9/16 inches (16.8 x 21.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen with brown ink, lower left: "Girtin"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.3.1145
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
road | cattle | landscape | ruins | architectural subject | clouds | grass | dirt | stone | horse (animal) | rocks (landforms)
Associated Places:
Jedburgh | Scotland | United Kingdom | Roxburghshire | Jedburgh Abbey
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Fairest Isle - The Appreciation of British Scenery 1750-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1989-04-12 - 1989-06-25)

Thomas Girtin (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-01-21 - 1986-03-30)
Publications:
Susan Morris, Thomas Girtin, 1775-1802, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1986, p. 36, no. 10, NJ18 .G44 M67 (LC) (YCBA)

Duncan Robinson, Fairest isle : the appreciation of British scenery, 1750-1850, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1989, p. 17, no. 133, ND1354.4 F35 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5855