View in Westmorland, near Ireton

c. 1796

Medium	watercolor over graphite on cream wove paper
Dimensions	Sheet: 6 1/4 x 9 in. (15.9 x 22.9 cm)
Object Number	2007.8.122
Acquisition	Gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007
Status	Off View

Image Caption

Thomas Girtin, View in Westmorland, near Ireton, c. 1796, watercolor over graphite on cream wove paper. Clark Art Institute, gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007.8.122

Select Bibliography

Spink & Son. English Watercolour Drawings. April-May 1986. London: Spink & Son. 1986. Wilton, Andrew. "The 'Monro School' Questions: Some Answers." Turner Studies. 4.2. Winter. 1984:8-23. Wilton, Andrew. Turner, Girtin and Bonington: A New York Private Collection, Paintings, Watercolours, and Drawings. New York: Privately Published, 2001. Clarke, Jay, ed. Landscape, Innovation, and Nostalgia: The Manton Collection of British Art. Williamstown, MA: The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2012.

Provenance

[Thomas Agnew and Sons, Ltd., London]; private collection, Berkshire; [Spink & Sons, Ltd., London, sold to Manton, 1986]; Sir Edwin A. G. Manton, New York (1986–d. 2005); Manton Family Art Foundation (2005–2007, given to the Clark); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2007.