ID 793315
Lot 94 | THOMAS GIRTIN (LONDON 1775-1802)
Estimate value
£ 5 000 – 8 000
Melrose Abbey, Scotland
pencil and watercolour
11 3⁄4 x 13 in. (29.8 x 33 cm.)
Provenance
James Moore (1762-99) and by descent to his widow
Mary Moore (née Howett) (d.1835), by whom bequeathed to
Anne Miller (1802-90), by whom bequeathed to
Edward Mansel Miller (1829-1912), by whom bequeathed to
Helen Louisa Miller (1842-1915).
with Leggatt Brothers, London, 1916.
with The Fine Art Society, London,1946, where purchased by
Paul Tod; Christie's, 25 May 1956, lot 54 (52 gns to the Fine Art Society)
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, 10 July 1980, lot 121 (as by Edward Dayes).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, 18 November 1980, lot 22.
with Martyn Gregory, London.
F. Alan Cummings, Tallahassee, Florida.
Literature
T. Girtin and D. Loshak, The Art of Thomas Girtin, London, 1954, p.138, no. 37 as 'Melrose Abbey, Roxburgh … 1793 …copied with minor variations from a water-colour’ by Edward Dayes’.
| Artist: | Thomas Girtin (1775 - 1802) |
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| Applied technique: | Watercolor |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, United Kingdom |
| Artist: | Thomas Girtin (1775 - 1802) |
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| Applied technique: | Watercolor |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, United Kingdom |
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