Description
Creator(s)
Thomas Girtin (1775-1802) after (?) James Moore (1762-1799)
Title
  • Saltwood Castle: The Gatehouse
Date
(?) 1795
Medium and Support
Graphite and watercolour on wove paper
Dimensions
18 × 13.5 cm, 6 ⅞ × 5 ¼ in
Object Type
Studio Watercolour; Work after an Amateur Artist
Subject Terms
Castle Ruins; Dover and Kent

Collection
Catalogue Number
TG0262
Description Source(s)
Auction catalogue

Provenance

James Moore (1762–99); his widow, Mary Moore (née Howett) (d.1835); bequeathed to Anne Miller (1802–90); bequeathed to Edward Mansel Miller (1829–1912); bequeathed to Helen Louisa Miller (1842–1915); bought by Thomas Girtin (1874–1960), 1912, £8; sold through the Leicester Galleries, London, 1912, £15 15s; ... Christie’s, 20 November 1979, lot 120 as by Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851), £350; Bonhams, 4 November 2003, lot 27 as by Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851)

Exhibition History

London, 1912, no.33

Place depicted

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