Watercolor over graphite on thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/2 x 20 7/8 inches (31.8 x 53 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated in pen and black ink, lower right: "Girtin - 1802"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.365
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
riverbank | trees | landscape | clouds | figures | river | water | bridge (built work) | men | stream | windows | village | women | houses
Associated Places:
North Yorkshire | United Kingdom | England | Sandsend | Scarborough | Whitby | Yorkshire | Europe
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Thomas Girtin and the Art of Watercolour (Tate Britain, 2002-07-04 - 2002-09-29)Thomas Girtin: Genius in the North (Harewood House Trust Ltd., 1999-03-09 - 1999-06-13)Thomas Girtin (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-01-21 - 1986-03-30)Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27)
Publications:
Louis Hawes, Presences of Nature : British Landscape, 1780-1830, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1982, pp. 195-6, no. VI.19, pl. 167, ND1354.4 H38 (YCBA)Susan Morris, Thomas Girtin, 1775-1802, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1986, pp. 46, 76, no. 89, NJ18 .G44 M67 (LC) (YCBA)