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Thomas Girtin
English, 1775–1802
View in Westmorland, near Ireton
c. 1796
Image Caption
Thomas Girtin, View in Westmorland, near Ireton, c. 1796, watercolor over graphite on cream wove paper. Clark Art Institute, gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007.8.122
Medium
watercolor over graphite on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 6 1/4 x 9 in. (15.9 x 22.9 cm)
Object Number
2007.8.122
Acquisition
Gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007
Status
Off View
Select Bibliography
Wilton, Andrew. "The 'Monro School' Questions: Some Answers." Turner Studies. 4.2. Winter. 1984:8-23. Spink & Son. English Watercolour Drawings. April-May 1986. London: Spink & Son. 1986. Wilton, Andrew. Turner, Girtin and Bonington: A New York Private Collection, Paintings, Watercolours, and Drawings. New York: Privately Published, 2001. Clarke, Jay, ed. Landscape, Innovation, and Nostalgia: The Manton Collection of British Art. Williamstown, MA: The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2012.
Provenance
[Thomas Agnew and Sons, Ltd., London]; private collection, Berkshire; [Spink & Sons, Ltd., London, sold to Manton, 1986]; Sir Edwin A. G. Manton, New York (1986–d. 2005); Manton Family Art Foundation (2005–2007, given to the Clark); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2007.