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Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802, British, Dumbarton Rock and Castle, ca. 1793
- Title:
Dumbarton Rock and Castle
- Date:
- ca. 1793
- Medium:
- Watercolor with pen and black ink and scraping over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, pasted on thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Mount: 8 13/16 x 11 3/4 inches (22.4 x 29.8 cm), Sheet: 6 11/16 x 8 5/8 inches (17 x 21.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in black ink, on mount, lower center, in border: "Dunbarton Castle."; in graphite, on back, upper right: "70/3/27/141"; on back, center: "10 (encircled)"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.3.1147
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | castle | coast | genre subject | hills | island | landscape | men | nets | river | rocks (landforms) | seamen | shore (landform)
- Associated Places:
- Clyde | Dumbarton | Dumbarton Castle | Dumbarton Rock | Scotland | United Kingdom | West Dunbartonshire
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5859
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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. 8, NJ18 .G44 M67 (LC) (YCBA) [YCBA]
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