- Description
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- Creator(s)
- Thomas Girtin (1775-1802)
- Title
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- On the River Exe, Exeter
- Date
- 1799 - 1800
- Medium and Support
- Watercolour on laid paper
- Dimensions
- 29.9 × 52.1 cm, 11 ¾ × 20 ½ in
- Object Type
- Studio Watercolour
- Subject Terms
- Panoramic Format; River Scenery; The West Country: Devon and Dorset
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- Collection
- Versions
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On the River Exe, Exeter
(TG1260)
- Catalogue Number
- TG1261
- Girtin & Loshak Number
- 201ii as 'On the Exe, near Exeter'; '1799'
- Description Source(s)
- Gallery Website
Provenance
Charles Sackville Bale (1791–1880); his posthumous sale, Christie’s, 13 May 1881, lot 86; bought by 'Palser', £31 10s (Palser Records: '19 gns'); J. Palser & Sons; bought by Edward Cohen (1817–86), 1881; then by bequest to his niece, Isabella Oswald (1838–1905); her posthumous sale, Robins & Hine, 30 March 1905, lot unknown; Sir Edward Marsh (1872–1953); bought from him by Thos. Agnew & Sons (stock no.9710), 3 May 1920; bought from them by the Museum, 22 February 1921, £425
Exhibition History
Agnew’s, 1921, no.21
Bibliography
Galbally, 1987, pp.178–79
Place depicted
Footnotes
- 1 The financial records of the artist's brother John Girtin (1773–1821) include two loans he made to Thomas Girtin during the trip. The records are transcribed in full in the Documents section of the Archive (1804 – Item 1).
- 2 Dayes’ thoughts on the subject are contained in Instructions for Drawing and Coloring Landscapes which was published posthumously in 1805. It is transcribed in full in the Documents section of the Archive (1805 – Item 2).
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