Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802, British
Title:
Pluscardine Abbey, Elgin
Date:
ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 9/16 x 6 5/8 inches (21.7 x 16.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen with brown ink, lower right: "T. Girtin"; inscribed in pen with black ink, lower center of mount: "Pluscardine Abbey"; inscribed in graphite, lower right of mount: "[nr?]. Elgin-"; Verso: in graphite, center: "7" (encircled)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.3.1146
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
ruins | meteorology | science | grass | figure | trees | sky | clouds | architectural subject | rainbow
Associated Places:
Pluscarden Abbey | Pluscardine Abbey | United Kingdom | Scotland | Moray | Elgin | Europe
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27)

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. 38, no. 25, NJ18 .G44 M67 (LC) (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5856