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Prints and Drawings 127

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Girtin, Thomas, 1775–1802 122
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 8
Cozens, John Robert, 1752–1797 5
Dayes, Edward, 1763–1804 5
Unknown artist 5
Monro, School 4
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720–1778 2
Francia, François Louis Thomas, 1772–1839 1
Swanevelt, Herman van, c.1600–1655 1

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Accessible in the Study Room 127

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Free to Use 127

Image Available

available 127

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Drawings & Watercolors 126
Prints 1

Collective Title

Selection of Twenty of the Most Picturesque Views of Paris and its Environs 18

Period

18th century 90
19th century 28
18th century-19th century 9

Materials & Techniques

graphite 105
wove paper 73
watercolor 69
pen 35
laid paper 33
brown ink 23
black ink 19
gray wash 18
gouache 9
blue wash 7
cartridge paper 6
brown wash 4
scraping 3
scratching out 3
gray ink 2
soft-ground etching 2
black chalk 1
chalk 1
gum 1
ink 1
squaring (transferring technique) 1
white gouache 1

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Work Type

drawing 123
watercolor 73
intaglio print 3

Genre

architectural subject 80
landscape 60
cityscape 26
genre subject 9
figure study 3
marine art 3
portrait 2
animal art 1
religious and mythological subject 1

Subject Terms

architectural subject 65
trees 62
landscape 58
clouds 31
river 30
grass 29
buildings 24
figures 23
ruins 22
stone 20
windows 19
sky 18
water 17
castle 15
bridge (built work) 14
men 13
cityscape 12
hills 12
boats 11
cathedral 11
figure 11
man 11
rocks (landforms) 11
woman 11
Grand Tour 10
cattle 10
houses 10
fence 9
genre subject 9
horse (animal) 9

Subject Period

Associated Places

Europe 105
United Kingdom 78
England 67
France 21
Île-de-France 21
Seine 17
Italy 12
Paris 12
Devon 7
Kent 7
London 7
Scotland 7
Northumberland 6
Yorkshire 6
Cymru 5
Lazio 5
North Yorkshire 5
Pont Neuf 5
Val-de-Marne 5
Wales 5
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris 4
Essex 4
Roma 4
Rome 4
Sussex 4
Bassin de l'Arsenal 3
Charenton-le-Pont 3
City of London 3
Denbighshire 3
Greater London 3

Associated People

Gabriel (Archangel) 1
Henry VIII (1491–1547), king of England and Ireland 1
The Virgin Mary 1

Exhibition History

Thomas Girtin (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-01-21 - 1986-03-30) 127

Thomas Girtin and the Art of Watercolour (Tate Britain, 2002-07-04 - 2002-09-29) 19
Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27) 11
English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17) 10
The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-09-17 - 1980-11-16) 7
Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (The State Hermitage Museum, 2007-10-23 - 2008-01-13) 5
Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2007-07-11 - 2007-09-30) 5
Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-06-09 - 2008-08-17) 5
Thomas Girtin: Genius in the North (Harewood House Trust Ltd., 1999-03-09 - 1999-06-13) 5
Art in Focus : Wales (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-04-04 - 2014-08-10) 2
Art of a Changing Society - British Watercolors & Drawings 1775-1950 (Wichita Art Museum, 1983-10-23 - 1983-12-04) 2
British Painting and the European Continent (Haus der Kunst Munich, 1979-11-20 - 1980-01-27) 2
Country Houses in Great Britain - Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-10-10 - 1980-01-29) 2
Fairest Isle - The Appreciation of British Scenery 1750-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1989-04-12 - 1989-06-25) 2
Oil on Water - Oil Sketches by British Watercolorists (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-08-26 - 1986-11-09) 2
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 2
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27) 1
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 1
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, 1985-04 - 1986-08) 1
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Block Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08) 1
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Memorial Art Gallery of Rochester, 1985-04 - 1986-08) 1
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1985-04 - 1986-08) 1
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Portland Art Museum, 1985-04 - 1986-08) 1
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Toledo Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08) 1
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1985-04 - 1986-08) 1
Classic Ground - British Artists and the Landscape of Italy, 1740-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-07-29 - 1981-09-20) 1
J.M.W. Turner: Romance & Reality (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-03-29 - 2025-07-27) 1
Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27) 1
Panoramania (Barbican Art Gallery, 1988-11-03 - 1989-01-15) 1
Sainte-Genevieve La Pantheon - Symbole des revolutions (Canadian Centre for Architecture, 1989-09-26 - 1989-11-30) 1

Credit Line

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 127

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Accessible in the Study Room
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851

Villa d'Este

ca. 1796
Accessible in the Study Room
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851

Santa Lucia, A Convent near Caserta

ca. 1795
Accessible in the Study Room
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851

A River View near Grindelwald, Looking towards the Wetterhorn

ca. 1794–7
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Near Chiavenna

ca. 1796
Accessible in the Study Room
Monro School

Buildings Overlooking Water, near Naples

ca. 1796
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

The Land Gate, Rye, Sussex

ca. 1795
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

View of Winchelsea, Sussex

ca. 1795
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Near Ramsgate, Kent

ca. 1795
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire, from the North-East

after 1794
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Writtle Church, Essex

ca. 1795
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Carlisle Cathedral, Cumberland, from the South-west

ca. 1795
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Tolleshunt-Beckingham, Essex

ca. 1795
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Melville Castle, Midlothian

ca. 1796
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Distant View of Jedburgh

ca. 1796
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Cottage near Newcastle, Northumberland

ca. 1797
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

St. Mary Redcliff, Bristol

ca. 1797
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

A Devonshire Farm

ca. 1798
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Flint Castle

ca. 1798
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

A Temple in Harewood Park

ca. 1798
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Lyme Regis, Dorset

ca. 1797
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex

ca. 1794
Accessible in the Study Room
Monro School

Near Sterzing, Tyrol

ca. 1795
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Valley of the Conway

ca. 1800
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Arch of Janus, after Piranesi

between 1798 and 1799
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Estuary on the River Taw, Devon

ca. 1797
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Kirkstall Abbey from the N.W

ca. 1792
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Tynemouth Priory, Northumberland

ca. 1793
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Dumbarton Rock and Castle

ca. 1793
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Figure Costume Study of Henry VIII

between 1793 and 1795
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Figure Costume Study: Noble Virgin of Bologna

between 1793 and 1795
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Tonbridge Bridge and Castle, Kent

ca. 1794
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Lichfield Cathedral, Staffordshire

1794
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

View of the Pantheon, taken from the Arsenal

1803
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

View of Pont de la Tournelle and Notre Dame, taken from the Arsenal

1802
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

View of Belle Vue and Pont de Seve taken from the Terrace near Pont de St. Cloud

1802
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

View of the Palace and Village of Choisi, on the Banks of the Seine

1803
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

View from Palace Terrace at St. Germain en Laye: The Aqueduct of Marli... [Read more]

1803
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

View of St. Cloud and Mt. Calvary taken from Pont de Seve

1802
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

View of the Village of Chaillot, etc., taken from Pont de la Concorde

1803
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

On the Banks of the Marne below the Bridge at Charenton

1803
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

View of the Tuilleries and Bridge, taken from the Quai d'Orsay

1802
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

View of the Thuilleries and Bridge, etc., taken from Pont de la... [Read more]

1803
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

The Water Mill above the Bridge at Charenton

1803
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

A View of Pont Neuf, the Mint, etc

ca. 1802
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

View of Pont Neuf, part of the Louvre, Notre Dame, and the College of Four... [Read more]

1803
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

View of Pont au Change, the City Theatre, Pont Neuf, Conciergerie Prison,... [Read more]

1803
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

View of the Louvre and Bridge of the Tuilleries, taken from Pont Neuf

1802
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

View of the Gate of St. Denis taken from the Suburbs

1803
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

In the Via Mala, Between Coire and Splugen

ca. 1796
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Rochester, Kent: from the North

ca. 1790
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Eton College from Datchet Road

1790
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Classical Composition

1798 to 1799
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

St. Alban's Cathedral, Hertfordshire

ca. 1797
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

View of Rochester

1791
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Findlater Castle, Banff

between 1792 and 1793
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Pluscardine Abbey, Elgin

ca. 1793
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Jedburgh Abbey, Roxburghshire

ca. 1793
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Denbigh Castle

ca. 1793
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Figure Costume Study: Persian Lady in 1568

between 1793 and 1795
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Figure Costume Study: French Lady of Quality in 1501

between 1793 and 1795
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Figure Costume Study of Edward VI in 1550

between 1793 and 1795
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Figure Costume Study: English Nobleman

between 1793 and 1795
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Peterborough Cathedral, Cambridgeshire

ca. 1794
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Christ Church, Blackfriars, London

between 1792 and 1794
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Lincoln Cathedral

ca. 1795
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Rye, Sussex

ca. 1795
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Pevensey Castle, Sussex

ca. 1795
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Saltwood Castle, Kent

ca. 1795
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

St. Paul's Cathedral, from St. Martin's-le-Grand, London

ca. 1795
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Layer Marney Hall, Essex

ca. 1795
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Great Marlow Church, Buckinghamshire

ca. 1795
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire

ca. 1796
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Warkworth Castle, Northumberland

ca. 1796
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Dustanborough Castle from a Distance

ca. 1796
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

A Village in a Wood

ca. 1796
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Thetford, Norfolk

ca. 1796
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Sharpham, near Totnes, Devon

ca. 1797
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

View of Kingswear, from Dartmouth, Devon

ca. 1797
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

St. Alban's Cathedral, Hertfordshire

ca. 1797
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Harewood House, Yorkshire

ca. 1798
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Bristol: Sketch of Boats and Buildings

ca. 1797
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

The Tithe Barn at Abbotsbury with the Abbey on the hill

ca. 1795
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Saint Cuthbert's Holy Island

1797
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

The Archangel Gabriel Awaiting Night

ca. 1799
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Glasgow Cathedral

between 1794 and 1795
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

The Abbey Mill, Knaresborough

1801
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Warkworth Castle, Northumberland

ca. 1798
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Ouse Bridge, York

1800
Accessible in the Study Room
attributed to Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Dover

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Monro School

On the Banks of the Lago di Como

ca. 1796
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Rocca del Papa, with Monte Cavo

ca. 1796
Accessible in the Study Room
attributed to Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

In the Farnese Gardens, Rome

ca. 1795
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

St. Bride's, Fleet Street, London

ca. 1801
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Stokesay Castle: Interior of a Raftered Hall

ca. 1800
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Ripon Minster, Yorkshire

1800
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Sketch for the Eidometropolis: Panorama, Great Surrey Street and... [Read more]

between 1797 and 1802
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Sandsend, Yorkshire

1802
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Country House

ca. 1797
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

The New Walk, York

ca. 1798
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

The Old Bridge in Devon

between 1797 and 1801

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