Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802, British
Title:
Rochester, Kent: from the North
Date:
ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite on thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 5/16 x 23 inches (44 x 58.4 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.3.1023
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
village | landscape | ships | boats | cityscape | river | bridge (built work) | buildings | grass | arches | figures | town | science | meteorology | men | rain | sky | clouds
Associated Places:
Kent | Rochester | United Kingdom | England | Europe
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Thomas Girtin and the Art of Watercolour (Tate Britain, 2002-07-04 - 2002-09-29)

Oil on Water - Oil Sketches by British Watercolorists (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-08-26 - 1986-11-09)

Thomas Girtin (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-01-21 - 1986-03-30)

English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17)
Publications:
Malcolm Cormack, Oil on water : oil sketches by British watercolorists, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1986, pp. 35-37, fig. 29, ND467 C67 (YCBA)

Susan Morris, Thomas Girtin, 1775-1802, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1986, pp. 10, 15, 35, 54, no. 2, NJ18 .G44 M67 (LC) (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5840