Modern Pictures and Water Colour Drawings
Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods
Reference: Christie’s, 15 April 1932
Copy consulted: Library of the Paul Mellon Centre, London
A note in the Girtin Archive says that these lots came from the ‘Tomkins collection’ and that they were all poor ‘copies’ (Girtin.26).
- 118 – ‘Sands End, Whitby’, 12 × 20 ¼ in (30.5 × 51.4 cm). Bought by ‘Bowden’ for £2 12s 6d
- 119 – ‘Stranded Boats’, 10 ¼ × 14 ¼ in (26 × 36.2 cm). Bought by ‘Bowden’ for £1 13s 6d
- 120 – ‘A Woody River Scene, with castle and cattle, sepia’, 9 ½ × 13 ¼ in (24.1 × 33.7 cm). Bought by ‘Bowden’ for £1 11s 6d
- 121 – ‘Carnarvon Castle’. Bought by ‘Squire’ for £13 13s (TG1316)
- 122 – ‘A Gateway, Calais’, 5 ¾ × 9 ¼ in (14.6 × 23.5 cm). Bought by ‘Thomson’ for £11 11s
Identified Exhibits
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Caernarfon Castle, from the River Seiont
Thomas Girtin
Caernarfon Castle, from the River Seiont
Williamson Art Gallery & Museum, Birkenhead