Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802, British
Title:
The Abbey Mill, Knaresborough
Date:
1801
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite, and white gouache with scratching out on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 11/16 x 20 11/16 inches (32.2 x 52.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on back in graphite lower right: "Mr. Reynolds Poland St. [?]"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.1925
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
river | men | wheel | water mill | sky | figures | clouds | water | wall | landscape | horse (animal) | architectural subject | windows | rocks (landforms) | trees
Associated Places:
North Yorkshire | Europe | England | Knaresborough | Nidd | United Kingdom
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)

An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27)

Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)

Thomas Girtin: Genius in the North (Harewood House Trust Ltd., 1999-03-09 - 1999-06-13)

Oil on Water - Oil Sketches by British Watercolorists (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-08-26 - 1986-11-09)

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:
John Baskett, Paul Mellon's Legacy: a Passion for British Art: Masterpieces from the Yale Center for British Art, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2007, p. 282, no. 85, pl. 85, N5220 M552 P38 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Malcolm Cormack, Oil on water, oil sketches by British watercolorists , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1986, pp. 35-37, fig. 30, ND467 C67 (YCBA)

Joseph Farington, The Diary of Joseph Farington, , Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1978, p. 1154 (v. 4), NJ18 F2164 A3 1978 (YCBA)

Louis Hawes, Presences of Nature : British Landscape, 1780-1830, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1982, pp. 150, 183, no. V.11, pl. 126, ND1354.4 H38 (YCBA)

Susan Morris, Thomas Girtin, 1775-1802, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1986, pp. 20, 46, 74, no. 83, NJ18 .G44 M67 (LC) (YCBA)

Paul Mellon's Legacy : a passion for British art [large print labels], , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2007, v. 2, no. 85, N5220 M552 P381 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5967