- Description
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- Creator(s)
- Thomas Girtin (1775-1802)
- Title
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- York Minster, from the South East, Layerthorpe Bridge and Postern to the Right
- Date
- (?) 1796
- Medium and Support
- Graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions
- 9.9 × 17.6 cm, 3 ⅞ × 6 ⅞ in
- Object Type
- Outline Drawing
- Subject Terms
- Gothic Architecture: Cathedral View; Yorkshire View
Provenance
Henry Edridge (1769–1821); bequeathed to Henry Rice (1788–1844); his posthumous sale, Christie's, 24 April 1845, possibly lot 454 as ‘York, &c 3’; acquired by the Museum in 1867 as part of a volume of 185 drawings attributed to Henry Edridge
Place depicted
Other entries in The 1796 Northern Tour to Yorkshire, the North East and the Scottish Borders:
Sketches and Subsequent Watercolours
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Bamburgh Castle, from the South
Cragside House, Northumberland (National Trust)
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg0919-pi.jpg)
Durham Cathedral, from the South West
British Museum, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg1044-pi.jpg)
The Ouse Bridge, York, from the North Shore
British Museum, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg1045-pi.jpg)
The Ouse Bridge, York, from Skeldergate Postern
York Art Gallery
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg1046-pi.jpg)
York: The New Walk on the Banks of the Ouse
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg1047-pi.jpg)
York Minster, from the South West
Private Collection
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg1048-pi-1.jpg)
York Minster, from the South West
Private Collection
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg1049-pi.jpg)
York Minster, from the Ouse, with St Mary’s Abbey
Harewood House, Yorkshire
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg1050-pi.jpg)
The South Side of York Minster, Showing the Transept and the Western Towers
Private Collection, Yorkshire
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg1051-pi.jpg)
York Minster, from the South East, Layerthorpe Bridge and Postern to the Right
British Museum, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg1052-pi.jpg)
Unidentified Gothic Ruins, Said to Be St Mary’s Abbey, York
Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg1053-pi.jpg)
A Distant View of Ripon Minster, from the River Skell
Private Collection
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg1054-pi-1.jpg)
A Distant View of Ripon Minster, from the River Skell
Harewood House, Yorkshire
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg1055-pi.jpg)
A Distant View of Rievaulx Abbey
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg1058-pi.jpg)
Easby Abbey, from the River Swale
Private Collection
![]( /media/w450/comparative/tg1058-ci2.jpg)
Easby Abbey, from the River Swale
Manchester Art Gallery
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg1060-pi.jpg)
Easby Abbey, from the River Swale
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
![]( /media/thomasgirtin_placeholder/w450.png)
The Bridge at Warkworth, with the Church Beyond
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg1062-pi-1.jpg)
Richmond, Yorkshire: The Seventeenth-Century House Known as St Nicholas
British Museum, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg1063-pi-1.jpg)
Richmond Castle and Bridge, from the River Swale
The Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens, San Marino
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg1064-pi.jpg)
Richmond Castle and Bridge, from the River Swale
Victoria Gallery and Museum, University of Liverpool
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg1067-pi-2.jpg)
Richmond Castle and Town, from the South East
Private Collection
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg1068-pi.jpg)
Barnard Castle, from the River Tees
British Museum, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg1070-pi.jpg)
Egglestone Abbey, from the River Tees
Gallery Oldham
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg1071-pi.jpg)
Egglestone Abbey, on the River Tees
British Museum, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg1073-pi.jpg)
Durham Cathedral and Castle, from the River Wear
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg1074-pi.jpg)
Durham Cathedral and Castle, from the River Wear
The Whitworth, The University of Manchester
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg1075-pi.jpg)
Durham Cathedral and Castle, from the River Wear
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg1076-pi.jpg)
Durham Castle and Cathedral, from below the Weir
Private Collection, Norfolk
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg1077-pi.jpg)
Durham Castle and Cathedral, from below the Weir
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg1078-pi.jpg)
Durham Castle and Cathedral, from below the Weir; Dryburgh Abbey with the Eildon Hills Beyond
Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg1079-pi.jpg)
Durham Cathedral, from the South West
Private Collection
![]( /media/w450/prints-after/tg1083-pa1.jpg)
St Nicholas’ Church, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Private Collection
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg1086-pi.jpg)
Tynemouth Priory, from the Coast
Cleveland Museum of Art
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg1089-pi.jpg)
Bothal Castle, from the River Wansbeck
Private Collection
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg1090-pi.jpg)
A River Scene with a Tower, Said to Be the Tyne near Hexham
Leeds Art Gallery
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg1093-pi.jpg)
Warkworth Castle, from the River Coquet
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg1094-pi.jpg)
Warkworth Castle, from the River Coquet
Private Collection, Norfolk
![]( /media/w450/prints-after/tg1099-pa1.jpg)
The Bridge at Warkworth, with the Castle Beyond
Untraced Works
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg1100-pi.jpg)
Dunstanburgh Castle, Viewed from a Distance
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg1101-pi.jpg)
Dunstanburgh Castle: The Lilburn Tower
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg1105-pi.jpg)
Lindisfarne: An Interior View of the Ruins of the Priory Church
The Whitworth, The University of Manchester
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg1106-pi.jpg)
Lindisfarne: An Interior View of the Ruins of the Priory Church
Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg1107-pi.jpg)
An Interior View of the Ruins of Lindisfarne Priory Church
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg1108-pi.jpg)
Lindisfarne: The Nave and Crossing of the Priory Church
British Museum, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg1109-pi-1.jpg)
An Exterior View of the Ruins of Lindisfarne Priory Church
Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg1110-pi.jpg)
An Exterior View of the Ruins of Lindisfarne Priory Church
Private Collection
![]( /media/thomasgirtin_placeholder/w450.png)
York Minster, from the South East, Layerthorpe Bridge and Postern to the Right
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg1120-pi.jpg)
Dryburgh Abbey: The South Transept Looking North
Private Collection
![]( /media/w450/primary/pi-tg1121.jpg)
Dryburgh Abbey: The South Transept from the Cloister
Private Collection
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg1122-pi.jpg)
Melrose Abbey: The Ruined Presbytery and the East Window
Clark Art Institute, Williamstown
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg1123-pi.jpg)
Melrose Abbey: The Ruined Presbytery and the East Window
Cooper Gallery, Barnsley
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg1124-pi.jpg)
Melrose Abbey, from the North East
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York
![]( /media/thomasgirtin_placeholder/w450.png)
Jedburgh Abbey, from the North East
Private Collection
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg1226-pi.jpg)
Jedburgh Abbey, from Jed Water
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg1228-pi.jpg)
The Village of Jedburgh, with the Abbey Ruins
British Museum, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg1229-pi.jpg)
The Village of Jedburgh, with the Abbey Ruins
Private Collection, Bedfordshire
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg1231-pi.jpg)
The West Front of Jedburgh Abbey
British Museum, London
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg1232-pi.jpg)
Jedburgh Abbey, from the South East
Blickling Hall, Norfolk (National Trust)
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg1346-pi.jpg)
The Ruins of the Lady Chapel, near Bothal
Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg1459-pi.jpg)
Bamburgh Castle, from the Village
Guy Peppiatt Fine Art Ltd
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg1460-pi.jpg)
St Nicholas’ Church, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Victoria Gallery and Museum, University of Liverpool
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg1461-pi.jpg)
Richmond, Yorkshire: The Seventeenth-Century House Known as St Nicholas
Private Collection
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg1508b-pi.jpg)
An Interior View of Fountains Abbey: The East Window from the Presbytery
Graves Gallery, Sheffield
![]( /media/w450/prints-after/tg1654-pa1.jpg)
St Mary’s, Old Malton, on the River Derwent
Untraced Works
![]( /media/w450/primary/tg1655-pi.jpg)
York: Pavement, Looking towards All Saints
Private Collection
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