Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802, British
Title:
Sketch for the Eidometropolis: Panorama, Great Surrey Street and Christchurch, Southwark
Date:
between 1797 and 1802
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and pen and brown ink, squared for transfer on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/2 x 19 3/4 inches (29.2 x 50.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink throughout on roofs: "slate"; in black ink, lower right: "TEL" collectors stamp; in pen and black ink, verso, center: "Although this drawing does not seem to have been | used by Thomas Girtin for his panorama of | London, the squaring up of this drawing is exactly | the same as upon drawings for this work: -- | the squares are the same size and the numbering | is by the same hand -- Thomas Lowinsky 1938--"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.4325
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
architectural subject | horses (animals) | streets | cityscape | panoramas | weathervanes | carts | carriages | windows | rooftops | roofs | churches | buildings | people
Associated Places:
Europe | England | United Kingdom | London | Southwark | Greater London
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Thomas Girtin and the Art of Watercolour (Tate Britain, 2002-07-04 - 2002-09-29)

Panoramania (Barbican Art Gallery, 1988-11-03 - 1989-01-15)

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. 24, 45, 72, no. 79, NJ18 .G44 M67 (LC) (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5972