Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802, British
Title:
Saint Cuthbert's Holy Island
Date:
1797
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 x 12 inches (25.4 x 30.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen in brown ink, verso, center: "St Cuthbert Holy Island | Nothumberland | Girtin"; in graphite, lower right: "2559"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.1215
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
architectural subject | horse (animal) | ruins | woman | stone
Associated Places:
England | United Kingdom | Europe | Holy Island | Lindisfarne | Northumberland
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26)

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)

Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27)
Publications:
Louis Hawes, Presences of Nature : British Landscape, 1780-1830, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1982, pp. 47, 149, no. III.16, pl. 38, ND1354.4 H38 (YCBA)

Susan Morris, Thomas Girtin, 1775-1802, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1986, pp. 18, 41, 65, no. 49, NJ18 .G44 M67 (LC) (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5965