Description
Creator(s)
Thomas Girtin (1775-1802) and John Masey Wright (1777–1866)
Title
  • St Albans Abbey, from the North West
Date
(?) 1795
Medium and Support
Graphite, watercolour and bodycolour on wove paper, on an early mount
Inscription

'KING HENRY VI. PART II. ACT II. SCENE I / ST. ALBANS.  KING HENRY. QUEEN MARGARET. CARDINAL. FALCONERS &C / KING HENRY But what a point, my Lord, your Falcon made / And what a pitch she flew above the rest!' on the mount

Object Type
Collaborations; Studio Watercolour
Subject Terms
Gothic Architecture: Cathedral View; Hertfordshire

Collection
Versions
St Albans Abbey, from the East (TG1037)
Catalogue Number
TG1037b
Description Source(s)
Colour photograph, unpublished

Provenance

John Tyrrell (unknown dates); his posthumous sale, Christie's, 28 May 1874, lot 145 as ‘King Henry VI.: St. Albans – King Henry, Queen Margaret, Cardinal, Falconers, &c. Figures by J. M. Wright’ as by Joseph Mallord William Turner; bought by ‘Agnew’ for £73 10s; Thos. Agnew & Sons; Sir Joseph Heron (1809–89); his posthumous sale, Christie’s, 9 June 1890, lot 82; bought by 'Price' for £42

Place depicted

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