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Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802, British, Findlater Castle, Banff, between 1792 and 1793
- Title:
Findlater Castle, Banff
- Date:
- between 1792 and 1793
- Medium:
- Watercolor and scratching out over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Mount: 9 3/4 x 11 11/16 inches (24.8 x 29.7 cm), Sheet: 6 5/8 x 8 9/16 inches (16.8 x 21.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in black ink, within image, lower right, on rock: "Girtin"; within border, lower center: "Findlater Castle"; in graphite, on back, center: "5" (encircled)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.3.1144
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | castle | cliffs | figure | inlet | landscape | rocks (landforms) | ruins | sea | shore (landform)
- Associated Places:
- Aberdeenshire | Banff | Findlater Castle | Moray Firth | Scotland | 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:5854
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Thomas Girtin (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-01-21 - 1986-03-30) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Susan Morris, Thomas Girtin, 1775-1802, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1986, p. 36, no. 9, NJ18 .G44 M67 (LC) (YCBA) [YCBA]
Turner : horror and delight, Sandstein Verlag, Dresden, pp. 80-81, no. 2, NJ18.T85 A12 2019b Oversize (YCBA) [YCBA]
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