Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802, British
Title:
View of Rochester
Date:
1791
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/4 × 7 1/2 inches (13.3 × 19.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in black-gray ink, lower right: "Tho Girtin"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.3.1139
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
cityscape | boats | landscape | water | grass | figures | bridge (built work) | buildings | clouds
Associated Places:
Rochester | Kent | England | United Kingdom | Europe
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
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, pp. 10, 15, 35, no. 3, NJ18 .G44 M67 (LC) (YCBA)

Eric Shanes, The Dover Mail - by Turner or by 'Girton' ?, Turner Society News, no. 121, Spring 2014, pp. 6, 7, fig. 4, NJ18 T85 T86 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5850