Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 15/16 x 8 1/16 inches (10 x 20.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, verso, left center: "D2487"; in graphite, verso, center: "T, Girtin 1775-1802 | Kirksfall Abby | Col. Sir George Beaumont | This is the pencil study for the water colour | in the collection of T. Girtin, the artist's descendent | which is referred to in Jonathan Hague, 'Thomas | Giertin,' 1949, Plate 4 and note. | LGD"; in graphite, verso, lower left: "Bought, Feb 1951, from | Koc[?], to whom nthe present | Sir George Beaumont sold | his ancestor's Drawings in | 1950"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.3.1207
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
water | boats | landscape | abbey | river | trees
Associated Places:
Kirkstall | Kirkstall Abbey | England | Europe | Aire | United Kingdom | Yorkshire
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
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. 46, no. 85, NJ18 .G44 M67 (LC) (YCBA)