Description
Creator(s)
Thomas Girtin (1775-1802) and Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) after (?) Edward Dayes (1763-1804)
Title
  • Borrowdale: The View from Rosthwaite
Date
1794 - 1797
Medium and Support
Graphite and watercolour on wove paper
Dimensions
16.2 × 24.5 cm, 6 ⅜ × 9 ⅝ in
Object Type
Collaborations; Monro School Copy
Subject Terms
Hills and Mountains; The Lake District

Collection
Catalogue Number
TG0807
Description Source(s)
Colour photograph

Provenance

Dr Thomas Monro (1759–1833); his posthumous sale, Christie's, 26–28 June and 1–2 July 1833 (day and lot number not known); ... Earls of Warwick (their collector's mark, lower right), probably George Guy Greville, 4th Earl of Warwick (1818-93); by descent to the 1920s; Thos. Agnew & Sons; ... Christie's, 25 April 1995, lot 93 as 'Cottages in a River Valley in the Lake District' by Edward Dayes; Leger Gallery as 'Borrowdale' by Joseph Mallord William Turner; bought by Diane A. Nixon (1935–2024); her posthumous sale Sotheby’s, New York, 4 February 2026, lot 85 as by Joseph Mallord William Turner and Thomas Girtin, £15,240

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