- Description
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- Creator(s)
- Thomas Girtin (1775-1802)
- Title
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- The Banks of the Seine, with the Dome of Les Invalides
- Date
- 1802
- Medium and Support
- Pen and ink and watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 15.5 × 21.2 cm, 6 ⅛ × 8 ⅜ in
- Object Type
- Drawing for a Print; Outline Drawing
- Subject Terms
- City Life and Labour; Paris and Environs; River Scenery
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- Collection
- Catalogue Number
- TG1869
- Description Source(s)
- Auction Catalogue
Provenance
Richard Ford (1796–1858); then by descent to Captain Richard Ford (1860–1940); his sale, Sotheby's, 27 July 1937, lot 71, one of 22 items, unsold; then by descent to John Ford; his sale, Sotheby's, 19 March 1947, lot 65; bought by 'Gernsheim', £36; ... N. Rauch, Geneva, 13-15 June 1960, lot 198
Place depicted
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Private Collection
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British Museum, London
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The Pont Neuf and the Mint: Colour Study for Plate Eight of Picturesque Views in Paris
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National Gallery of Art, Washington
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Part of the Pont Neuf, with the Mint: Pencil Study for Plate Eight of Picturesque Views in Paris
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Private Collection
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British Museum, London
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Aberdeen Art Gallery
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The Porte Saint-Denis, Viewed from the Suburbs: Possible Colour Study for Plate Ten of Picturesque Views in Paris
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Musée Carnavalet, Histoire de Paris
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The Porte Saint-Denis, Viewed from the Suburbs: Possible Colour Study for Plate Ten of Picturesque Views in Paris
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The Pont de la Tournelle and Notre Dame, Taken from the Arsenal: Pencil Study for Plate Eleven of Picturesque Views in Paris
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British Museum, London
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The Pont de la Tournelle and Notre Dame, Taken from the Arsenal: Colour Study for Plate Eleven of Picturesque Views in Paris
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The Pantheon, from the Arsenal, Looking across the Seine: Pencil Study for Plate Twelve of Picturesque Views in Paris
The Pantheon, from the Arsenal, Looking across the Seine: Pencil Study for Plate Twelve of Picturesque Views in Paris
British Museum, London
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The Pantheon, from the Arsenal, Looking across the Seine: Colour Study for Plate Twelve of Picturesque Views in Paris
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Yale Center for British Art, New Haven
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The Pantheon, from the Arsenal, Looking across the Seine: Pencil Study for Plate Twelve of Picturesque Views in Paris
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Bellevue and the Pont de Sèvres, Taken from near the Pont de Saint-Cloud: Pencil Study for Plate Thirteen of Picturesque Views in Paris
Bellevue and the Pont de Sèvres, Taken from near the Pont de Saint-Cloud: Pencil Study for Plate Thirteen of Picturesque Views in Paris
British Museum, London
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Bellevue and the Pont de Sèvres, Taken from the Terrace near the Pont de Saint-Cloud: Colour Study for Plate Thirteen of Picturesque Views in Paris
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British Museum, London
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Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence
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The Village of Chaillot, Taken from the Pont de la Concorde: Pencil Study for Plate Seventeen of Picturesque Views in Paris
The Village of Chaillot, Taken from the Pont de la Concorde: Pencil Study for Plate Seventeen of Picturesque Views in Paris
British Museum, London
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The Village of Chaillot, Taken from the Pont de la Concorde: Colour Study for Plate Seventeen of Picturesque Views in Paris
The Village of Chaillot, Taken from the Pont de la Concorde: Colour Study for Plate Seventeen of Picturesque Views in Paris
Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton
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Saint-Cloud and Mont Calvaire, Taken from the Pont de Sèvres: Pencil Study for Plate Eighteen of Picturesque Views in Paris
Saint-Cloud and Mont Calvaire, Taken from the Pont de Sèvres: Pencil Study for Plate Eighteen of Picturesque Views in Paris
British Museum, London
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Saint-Cloud and Mont Calvaire, Taken from the Pont de Sèvres: Colour Study for Plate Eighteen of Picturesque Views in Paris
Saint-Cloud and Mont Calvaire, Taken from the Pont de Sèvres: Colour Study for Plate Eighteen of Picturesque Views in Paris
Private Collection
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The Banks of the Marne below the Bridge at Charenton: Pencil Study for Plate Twenty of Picturesque Views in Paris
The Banks of the Marne below the Bridge at Charenton: Pencil Study for Plate Twenty of Picturesque Views in Paris
British Museum, London
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The Banks of the Marne below the Bridge at Charenton: Colour Study for Plate Twenty of Picturesque Views in Paris
The Banks of the Marne below the Bridge at Charenton: Colour Study for Plate Twenty of Picturesque Views in Paris
Untraced Public Collection, Israel
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The Champ de Mars, Seen from the Trocadéro, with Sèvres in the Distance: Unused Pencil Study for Picturesque Views in Paris
The Champ de Mars, Seen from the Trocadéro, with Sèvres in the Distance: Unused Pencil Study for Picturesque Views in Paris
British Museum, London
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The Watermill above the Bridge at Charenton, near Paris
The Watermill above the Bridge at Charenton, near Paris
British Museum, London
Thomas Girtin
The Watermill above the Bridge at Charenton: Pencil Study for Plate Nineteen of Picturesque Views in Paris
The Watermill above the Bridge at Charenton: Pencil Study for Plate Nineteen of Picturesque Views in Paris
British Museum, London
Thomas Girtin
The Watermill above the Bridge at Charenton: Colour Study for Plate Nineteen of Picturesque Views in Paris
The Watermill above the Bridge at Charenton: Colour Study for Plate Nineteen of Picturesque Views in Paris
Private Collection
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La Rue Saint-Denis, Paris: A Scene for Thomas Dibdin's Pantomime Harlequin's Habeas
La Rue Saint-Denis, Paris: A Scene for Thomas Dibdin's Pantomime Harlequin's Habeas
Private Collection, Norfolk
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Paris: Porte Saint-Denis and the Boulevard Saint-Denis
Paris: Porte Saint-Denis and the Boulevard Saint-Denis
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Thomas Girtin
Part of the Tuileries Palace with the Louvre (Place du Carrousel)
Part of the Tuileries Palace with the Louvre (Place du Carrousel)
The Higgins, Bedford
Thomas Girtin
Part of the Tuileries Palace with the Louvre (Place du Carrousel)
Part of the Tuileries Palace with the Louvre (Place du Carrousel)
Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin
Thomas Girtin
Paris: View over the Rooftops towards Montmartre
Paris: View over the Rooftops towards Montmartre
British Museum, London
Thomas Girtin, Jean-Baptiste-François Génillion
Paris: The Ruins of the Roman Baths, Hôtel de Cluny
Paris: The Ruins of the Roman Baths, Hôtel de Cluny
Tate, London
Thomas Girtin, Jean-Baptiste-François Génillion
Paris: The Ruins of the Roman Baths, Hôtel de Cluny
Paris: The Ruins of the Roman Baths, Hôtel de Cluny
The Whitworth, The University of Manchester
Thomas Girtin
A Sheet of Figure Studies
A Sheet of Figure Studies
Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Thomas Girtin
A Sheet of Figure Studies Relating to Picturesque Views in Paris
A Sheet of Figure Studies Relating to Picturesque Views in Paris
Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Thomas Girtin
A Sheet of Figure Studies: Women Washing Clothes at a River
A Sheet of Figure Studies: Women Washing Clothes at a River
Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Thomas Girtin
Studies of Women and Men, Including an Advocate Pleading
Studies of Women and Men, Including an Advocate Pleading
Private Collection
Thomas Girtin, Jean-Baptiste Lallemand
Paris: The Hôtel de Ville and the Church of Saint-Jean-en-Grève
Paris: The Hôtel de Ville and the Church of Saint-Jean-en-Grève
Private Collection, Norfolk
Thomas Girtin, Tavernier de Jonquières
The Church of Saint Corneille at Compiègne
The Church of Saint Corneille at Compiègne
Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Thomas Girtin, Tavernier de Jonquières
The Porte Chapelle, Compiègne
The Porte Chapelle, Compiègne
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Thomas Girtin, Jacques Swebach-Desfontaines
Paris: The Entrance to the Hôtel du Grand Prieur du Temple
Paris: The Entrance to the Hôtel du Grand Prieur du Temple
British Museum, London
Thomas Girtin, Tavernier de Jonquières
An Interior View of the Nave of Laon Cathedral
An Interior View of the Nave of Laon Cathedral
British Museum, London
Thomas Girtin, Herman van Swanevelt
A Wooded River in an Extensive Landscape
A Wooded River in an Extensive Landscape
Private Collection
Thomas Girtin, Herman van Swanevelt
A River Scene with a Castle on a Cliff
A River Scene with a Castle on a Cliff
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven
Thomas Girtin, Herman van Swanevelt
A Wooded Landscape with a Hermit
A Wooded Landscape with a Hermit
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Thomas Girtin
Buildings by a Road, with Passing Figures
Buildings by a Road, with Passing Figures
Private Collection
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About this Work
This pen and ink drawing, depicting the banks of the river Seine with the dome of Les Invalides beyond, came from the collection of Richard Ford (1796–1858), who owned the presentation set of hand-coloured etchings of Picturesque Views in Paris and Its Environs that was originally bought by the publication’s dedicatee, George Capel-Coningsby, 5th Earl of Essex (1757–1839). Thus, although the work is known only from a poor black and white photograph, and it also shows a different view of Les Invalides from that included in the drawing for plate five of the Paris views (TG1868), the provenance strongly suggests that the drawing was made by Girtin during his stay in the French capital during the winter and early spring of 1801–2. It is the same height as the other Paris drawings, and so it may be that it was originally joined to a second sheet of paper. If this was the case, it possibly formed part of an unused panoramic design for the publication.
1802
A Panoramic View of Paris from Chaillot, Looking Up the Seine with the Dome of Les Invalides: Pencil Study for Plate Five of ‘Picturesque Views in Paris’
TG1868