Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802, British
Title:
The Tithe Barn at Abbotsbury with the Abbey on the hill...
Date:
ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 1/8 x 5 7/8 inches (10.5 x 14.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, verso, upper left: "3" | inscribed in black ink: "Abbotsbury near Weymouth" | inscribed in brown ink: "Founded about 1026 by Orcius or Orking, Steward to the King Canute" | inscribed in black ink: "St. Catherine's Chapel is on the hill in the | [distance?]"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.429
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
clouds | sky | architectural subject | cows | livestock | horses (animals) | pigs | milkmaid | wagon | wheelbarrow | trees | barn | tithe barn | abbey | pond | men | thatched
Associated Places:
Europe | United Kingdom | England | Dorset | Abbotsbury | Abbotsbury castle
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. 38, 59, no. 26, NJ18 .G44 M67 (LC) (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5964