Watercolor with pen and gray ink over graphite with gray wash border on thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 1/4 x 23 1/16 inches (46.4 x 58.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in artist's hand in pen and gray ink, lower left: "Thos. Girtin .90"; in graphite, lower right: "A.20470"; inscribed on back in pen and brown ink, upper center: "Eaton Colledg | Eeaton Collag"; on back in graphite, center: "B1975.3.1138"; on back in graphite, upper right: "20x28"; on back in graphite, lower right: "TL"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.3.1138
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
clouds | architectural subject | dog (animal) | landscape | riverbank | college | students | river | buildings | bridge (built work) | windows | chapel
Associated Places:
Europe | United Kingdom | England | Berkshire | Eton | Thames
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 (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. 35, no. 1, NJ18 .G44 M67 (LC) (YCBA)Eric Shanes, The Dover Mail - by Turner or by 'Girton' ?, Turner Society News, no. 121, Spring 2014, pp. 5-6, 9 [fn 9], NJ18 T85 T86 (YCBA)