LOT DETAILS

Materials:

watercolour over pencil heightened with gum arabic

Measurements:

14.76 in. (37.50 cm.) (height) by 19.49 in. (49.50 cm.) (width)

Condition:

held in a british neo-classical frame

Exhibited:

Manchester, Art Treasures Exhibition, 1857, no. 82; London, International Exhibition, 1862, no. 844; London, Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1871, no. 1213; London, Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1875, no. 38; London, Royal Academy, Exhibition of Old Masters, 1908, no. 231; Manchester, Whitworth Institute, A Loan Exhibition of Water-Colour Drawings by Deceased British Artists, 1912, no. 33; London, Agnew's, Loan Exhibition, 1931, no. 102; London, Agnew's, Loan Exhibition of Water-Colour Drawings by Thomas Girtin, 1953, no. 9; London, Tate Britain, Thomas Girtin: The Art of Watercolour, 2002, p. 80, no. 54

Literature:

C. Holmes, 'English Water Colour', The Studio, 1902, reproduced in colour; R. Davis, 'Thomas Girtin's Watercolours', The Studio, 1924, p. 21, pl. 76; J. Mayne, Thomas Girtin, 1949, p. 43; T. Girtin and D. Loshak, The Art of Thomas Girtin, 1954, p. 155, no. 158 ii; M. Hardie, Water-colour Painting in Britain, vol 2, 1967, p. 6 and no. 4; F. W. Hawcroft, Watercolours by Thomas Girtin, An exhibition Catalogue, 1975, p. 32

Provenance:

Henry Vaughan (1809-1899); John Lewis Roget (1829-1908); by descent until sold, Sotheby's London, 12 March 1987, lot 67