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- Title:
Thomas Girtin
- Date:
- 1817
- Medium:
- Mezzotint and etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 15 1/8 x 10 1/4 inches (38.4 x 26 cm), Plate: 15 x 10 inches (38.1 x 25.4 cm), Image: 12 1/8 x 10 inches (30.8 x 25.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
J WHATMAN | 1827
In lettering, recto, lower left: "Painted by John Opie Esqr. RA."; recto, lower right: "Engraved by S.W. Reynolds."; recto, center: "Portrait of the late extraordinary Artist, | THOMAS GIRTIN, | Natus Feb. 18. 1775 Obiit Nov. 9.1802. | To Sir George Beaumont Bart.| One of his earliest Patrons This Print is with Permission respectfully Dedicated by his very obliged & grateful Servt. JOHN GIRTIN. | J. Girtin in the recent fire in Broad Strt. having lost all his property, excepting some prints &c which with this portrait of his late Brother, he respectfully offers to a liberal Public.", and recto, center, below: "London: Pubd. May 16 1817, by J. Girtin, Engraver, Printer & No. 25 Old Compton Street, 3 doors from Princes Street, Soho." In lettering, within reproduced coat of arms, recto, center: "Erectus non elatus"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.20193
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- book | charcoal | charcoal stick | coat | cravat | portrait | stock (neckcloth)
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:46067
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