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Creator:
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
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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Link:
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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