View of the Pantheon taken from the Arsenal

Print made by Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802, British, View of the Pantheon taken from the Arsenal, 1803

Creator:

Print made by Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
and Frederick Christian Lewis the Elder, 1779–1856
after Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Title:

View of the Pantheon taken from the Arsenal

Additional Title(s):

Vue de Pantheon Prise de L'Arsenal

Part Of:

Collective Title: Selection of Twenty of the Most Picturesque Views of Paris and its Environs

Date:

1803

Medium:

Etching and aquatint, hand-colored with watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 9 1/16 × 21 1/2 inches (23 × 54.6 cm), Image: 5 7/8 × 17 1/2 inches (14.9 × 44.5 cm)

Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in graphite, recto lower right: "1st Edition. 1803"; and in graphite, verso, upper right: "<The Plate ...ess> | <... of the ... St> | <...>"

Recto, lower left: "Drawn & Etch'd by Thos. Girtin." | "View of the Pantheon| taken from the ARSENAL"; recto, lower right: "Aquatinted by F.C. Lewis." | "Vue du Pantheon| prise de L'ARSENAL"; and recto, lower center: "LONDON: Publish'd Jany. 10. 1803, by JOHN GIRTIN No. 8, Charles Street, Middlesex Hospital"

Credit Line:

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Public Domain

Accession Number:

B1977.14.15073

Classification:

Prints

Collection:

Prints and Drawings

Subject Terms:

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Link:

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:31830

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