Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802, British
Title:
The Archangel Gabriel Awaiting Night
Date:
ca. 1799
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and brown wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/16 x 9 7/8 inches (30.6 x 25.1 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.1216
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
helmet | valley (landform) | man | staff (staff weapon component) | wings | sunset | archangels | mythological figures | angel | religious and mythological subject
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. 20, 44, 70, no. 72, NJ18 .G44 M67 (LC) (YCBA)

Andrew Wilton, The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1980, p. 9, NJ18 C83 W55 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5966