Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802, British, Melville Castle, Midlothian, ca. 1796
- Title:
- Melville Castle, Midlothian
- Former Title(s):
- Chalfont House, Buckinghamshire
- Date:
- ca. 1796
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor with pen in brown ink over graphite on very thick, moderately textured, brown wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 6 7/8 x 9 1/4 inches (17.5 x 23.5 cm), Mount: 10 3/16 x 12 11/16 inches (25.9 x 32.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen with brown ink, lower right: "T. Girtin"; Verso: in graphite, centera: "2" (encircled); in graphite, lower right; "Buckham | Chalfont | TG"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.3.1176
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | castle | child | clouds | figures | Gothic (Medieval) | Gothic architecture | grass | landscape | livestock | river | riverbank | road | stream | trees | woman
- Associated Places:
- Europe | Melville Castle | Midlothian | North Esk | Scotland | United Kingdom
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5886
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Thomas Girtin (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-01-21 - 1986-03-30) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Susan Morris, Thomas Girtin, 1775-1802, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1986, p. 40, no. 42, NJ18 .G44 M67 (LC) (YCBA) [YCBA]
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