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Thomas Girtin, (etching), 1775–1802, British, The Watermill Above the Bridge at Charenton, 1803
- Title:
The Watermill Above the Bridge at Charenton
- Additional Title(s):
Le moulin à eau au-dessus du pont de Charenton
- Date:
- 1803
- Medium:
- Aquatint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 8 9/16 x 13 7/16 inches (21.8 x 34.1 cm), Plate: 8 1/16 x 13 inches (20.4 x 33 cm), Image: 6 1/8 x 11 1/16 inches (15.5 x 28.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower right: "R91"; on back, upper left: "T. Girtin in B. M. | (L. B. 21) | LCQ. in 1855"; in black ink, on back, lower right: "narrow ravine(?)"
Lettered in brown ink, lower left: "Drawn & Etch'd by Thos. Girtin. | The WATER MILL above the Bridge | AT CHARENTON. | SUB PRINT"; lower center: "LONDON: Pub. January 1. 1803 by J. GIRTIN, No. 1, Little Newport Street, Gerrard Street, SOHO."; lower right: "Aquatinted by F. C. Lewis. | Le MOULIN À EAU au dessous du pont | DE CHARENTON | 20"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.4683
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | boats | bridge (built work) | buildings | cottages | houses | landscape | river | water mill
- Associated Places:
- Charenton-le-Pont | Europe | France | Marne | Paris | Pont de Charenton-le-Pont | Val-de-Marne | Île-de-France
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:14285
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