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- Title:
Eton College from Datchet Road
- Date:
- 1790
- Medium:
- Watercolor with pen and gray ink over graphite with gray wash border on thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 18 1/4 x 23 1/16 inches (46.4 x 58.6 cm), Image: 14 1/2 x 19 1/8 inches (36.8 x 48.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in artist's hand in pen and gray ink, lower left: "Thos. Girtin .90"; in graphite, lower right: "A.20470"; inscribed on back in pen and brown ink, upper center: "Eaton Colledg | Eeaton Collag"; on back in graphite, center: "B1975.3.1138"; on back in graphite, upper right: "20x28"; on back in graphite, lower right: "TL"
SIgned and dated in pen and brown ink lower left: "Thos. Girtin 90"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.3.1138
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | bridge (built work) | buildings | chapel | clouds | college | dog (animal) | landscape | river | riverbank | students | windows
- Associated Places:
- Berkshire | England | Eton | Europe | Thames | United Kingdom
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5845
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