Early 1912
‘List of Drawings’ by Thomas Girtin from the collection of James Moore (1762–99). Made in 1912 for the purpose of valuation with the annotations of Charles Francis Bell (1871–1966) made in 1916 detailing how the drawings were divided amongst Thomas Girtin (1874–1960) and Francis Pierrepont Barnard (1854–1931) and the prices they paid.
No. |
Title |
Owner - 1912/1916 |
Price |
TG No. |
75 |
Coast Scene with lightning 'Dunstanborough' |
'Mr Barnard' |
£15 |
|
93 |
Buildwas Abbey 'exterior view' |
'Mr Girtin, now Palser' |
£20 |
|
101 |
Gooderich Castle '4 ⅛ × 5 ⅞' |
'Mr Girtin' |
£15 |
|
87 |
Chepstow Castle |
'Mr Girtin' |
£20 |
|
35 |
Pembroke Castle |
'Mr Girtin, now Agnew's' |
£18 |
|
33 |
Carew Castle |
'Mr Barnard' |
£18 |
|
31 |
Denbigh |
'Mr Girtin' |
£25 |
|
29 |
Conway Castle |
'Mr Barnard' |
£20 |
|
78 |
Ditto the small one '4 ⅛ × 5 ⅞' |
'Mr Girtin' |
£8 |
|
85 |
Old houses |
'Mr Barnard' |
£20 |
|
83 |
Bolton, with pencil sketch |
'Mr Barnard' |
£21 |
|
91 |
Helmsley Castle |
'Mr Girtin' |
£15 |
|
89 |
Fountains Abbey |
'Mr Girtin, sold by 1916' |
£20 |
|
37 |
Kirkstall |
'Mr Girtin' |
£25 |
|
38 |
Another Kirkstall (Trees left) |
'Mr Barnard' |
£30 |
|
96 |
Lincoln |
'Mr Girtin' |
£25 |
|
82 |
Colchester |
'Mr Barnard' |
£15 |
|
73 |
Pevensey Castle |
'Mr Girtin' |
£15 |
|
79 |
Winchelsea grey |
'Mr Girtin, sold by 1916' |
£6 |
|
90 |
Saltwood grey |
'Mr Girtin, sold by 1916' |
£8 |
|
81 |
Saltwood colour |
'Mr Barnard' |
£12 |
|
84 |
Battle Abbey |
'Mr Girtin, sold by 1916' |
£15 |
|
97 |
Battle Church |
'Mr Girtin, sold by 1916' |
£12 |
|
80 |
Monument in Winchelsea Church |
'Mr Barnard' |
£10 |
|
115 |
Dover Castle |
'Mr Girtin' |
£12 |
|
88 |
Icklesham Church |
'Mr Girtin' |
£12 |
|
|
Ruined Gateway |
'Mr Girtin' |
£10 |
? |
75 |
Church near Maldon '(Folsham Davey)' |
'Mr Girtin' |
£10 |
|
77 |
Kenilworth |
'Mr Girtin, sold by 1916' |
£20 |
|
93 |
Savoy Ruins, colour |
'Mr Barnard' |
£20 |
|
95 |
Ditto. grey |
'Mr Girtin' |
£8 |
|
|
Abbeydore |
'Mr Girtin' |
£5 |
|
104 |
Bexhill, with pencil sketch '(gone to Palser)' |
'Mr Girtin' |
£15 |
|
|
Landgate, Rye - grey |
'Mr Girtin' |
£8 |
|
100 |
Old tower, Pevensey |
'Mr Barnard' |
£10 |
|
|
Pevensey Castle, grey |
'Mr Girtin' |
£6 |
? |
|
Pevensey Castle, colour |
'Mr Girtin, sold by 1916' |
£10 |
|
|
Pevense Wall, grey |
'Given by Mr Girtin to the Ashmolean' |
£5 |
|
107 |
Westminster, grey |
'Mr Girtin, sold by 1916' |
£8 |
? |
108 |
Ramsgate, grey |
'Mr Girtin' |
£8 |
|
98 |
Hastings |
'Mr Girtin, sold by 1916' |
£6 |
? |
|
A church tower, pen |
'Mr Girtin, sold by 1916' |
£5 |
? |
74 |
Trees, pencil |
'Mr Girtin, sold by 1916' |
£6 |
? |
36 |
Tynemouth Priory |
'Mr Girtin' |
£30 |
|
32 |
Warkworth |
'Mr Girtin, sold by 1916' |
£25 |
|
35 |
Bamborough '& pencil sketch by Moore' |
'Mr Barnard' |
£15 |
|
24 |
Craigmillar |
'Mr Barnard' |
£25 |
|
25 |
Edinburgh Castle |
'Mr Girtin' |
£20 |
|
27 |
Dunnotter |
'Mr Girtin' |
£30 |
|
28 |
Findlater |
'Mr Girtin' |
£20 |
|
34 |
Deskford |
'Mr Barnard' |
£25 |
|
20 |
Spynie Palace |
'Mr Barnard' |
£25 |
|
22 |
Pluscardine Abbey |
'Mr Girtin' |
£25 |
|
21 |
Dunstaffnage |
'Mr Barnard' |
£30 |
|
26 |
Dumbarton |
'Mr Girtin' |
£25 |
|
58 |
Ditto with shipping |
[Edward Dayes?] |
£15 |
? |
23 |
Glasgow Cathedral |
'Mr Girtin' |
£20 |
|
103 |
Croxden Abbey |
'Mr Barnard' |
£25 |
|
102 |
Jedburgh Abbey |
'Mr Girtin' |
£25 |
|
|
5 pencil drawings |
|
£21 |
|
18 |
Croyland Abbey |
'Mr Barnard' |
£40 |
|
|
Payne Girtin Byland Abbey 'by Girtin not Payne' |
'Mr Barnard' |
£20 |
|
72 |
Macquin - Ponte de Meaux |
'Mr Girtin' |
£1 |
|
106 |
Anon. - Ruined house |
'Mr Girtin' |
£1 |
|
99 |
Anon. Girtin? - St. Augustine's, Canterbury |
'Mr Girtin' |
£3 |
? |
|
Dayes & Moore - 27 drawings at £2 each |
'Mr Girtin & Mr Barnard divided'' |
£54 |
|
|
Dayes Castle Acre Priory |
'Mr Girtin' |
£7 |
|
13 January 1912
J. Palser & Sons, Stock Book, 13 January 1912 (Palser Records)
- 17028 – ‘Newstead Abbey’, 9 ½ × 7 in (24.1 × 17.8 cm). Sold to ‘Mr G’ (TG1566)
5 February 1912
Thos. Agnew & Sons, Stock Book, 5 February 1912 (Agnew’s Archive)
- 7618 – ‘Chelsea Reach’. Bought from ‘Fairfax Murray’. Sold to ‘Sir Hickman B. Bacon’ for £215, 20 February 1912 (TG1741)
27 February 1912
Thos. Agnew & Sons, Stock Book, 27 February 1912 (Agnew’s Archive)
- 7653 – ‘Guisborough Abby’. Bought from ‘Leggatts’. Sold to ‘Sir Hickman B. Bacon’ for £120, 1 October 1912 (TG1741)
26 April 1912
Thos. Agnew & Sons, Stock Book, 26 April 1912 (Agnew’s Archive)
- 7710 – ‘Turner … Dover … pencil & sepia’. Bought from a sale at J. C. Platt. Sold to ‘Mrs Russell Rea’ for £30, 16 May 1913 (TG0808)
- 7715 – ‘River Scene’. Bought from a sale at J. C. Platt. Sold to ‘W. W. Sampson’, 4 February 1920
7 May 1912
J. Palser & Sons, Stock Book, 7 May 1912 (Palser Records)
- ‘River Scene’, 12 ½ × 20 ½ in (31.8 × 52.1 cm). Sold
21 May 1912
J. Palser & Sons, Stock Book, 21 May 1912 (Palser Records)
- ‘Landscape and Watermill’. Sold
28 June 1912
Thos. Agnew & Sons, Stock Book, 28 June 1912 (Agnew’s Archive)
- 7746 – ‘Turner after Cozens …View of Mont Blanc’. Bought from a sale at Christie’s. Sold to ‘R. W. Lloyd’ for £35, 8 April 1913 (TG0455)
- 7747 – ‘Turner … The Inner Harbour Dover’. Bought from a sale at Christie’s. Sold to ‘A. G. E. Godden’ for £48, 10 June 1913 (TG0817)
5 July 1912
J. Palser & Sons, Stock Book, 5 July 1912 (Palser Records)
- 13749 – ‘Landscape and Ruins’, 10 ⅞ × 6 ⅞ in (27.6 × 17.5 cm). Sold to ‘Ackland’ (TG1346)
8 July 1912
Thos. Agnew & Sons, Stock Book, 8 July 1912 (Agnew’s Archive)
- 7836 – ‘Churches at Lynn’. Bought from a sale at Christie’s for ‘A. A. Allen’ (Arthur Acland Allen (1868–1939)) for £10 10s plus five per cent commission
19 July 1912
J. Palser & Sons, Stock Book, 19 July 1912 (Palser Records)
- 17096 – ‘Knaresborough, Yorks’. Sold to ‘P. Philips’ (TG1671)

1792 - 1793
Dunnottar Castle in a Thunderstorm
TG0150

1792 - 1793
Buildwas Abbey
TG0136

1792 - 1793
Okehampton Castle
TG0131

1792 - 1793
Chepstow Castle
TG0134

1792 - 1793
Pembroke Castle
TG0132

1792 - 1793
Carew Castle
TG0123

1792 - 1793
The Gatehouse, Denbigh Castle
TG0133

1792 - 1793
Conwy Castle, Looking West
TG0107

1792 - 1793
Conwy Castle: The Bakehouse Tower
TG0141

1793 - 1794
An Ancient House, Possibly in Sussex
TG0248

1792 - 1793
Bolton Castle
TG0142a

1792 - 1793
Helmsley Castle
TG0122

1792 - 1793
Fountains Abbey
TG0118

1792 - 1793
Kirkstall Abbey, from the North West
TG0144

1792 - 1793
Kirkstall Abbey, from the South East
TG0147

1794 - 1795
Lincoln Cathedral: A Distant View from the North West
TG1006

1792 - 1793
Colchester Castle
TG0127

1792 - 1793
Pevensey Castle: The North Tower with the Gatehouse in the Distance
TG0218

1793 - 1794
The East End of the Church of St Thomas, Winchelsea
TG0305

(?) 1795
TG0262

1795 - 1796
The Ruined Gatehouse, Saltwood Castle, Seen from the North
TG0259

(?) 1795
The Gatehouse, Battle Abbey
TG0268
(?) 1795
Battle Church
TG0154a

(?) 1796
One of the Alard Monuments in the Church of St Thomas, Winchelsea
TG0352

1795 - 1796
Dover Castle, Seen from the Beach
TG0263

(?) 1795
Icklesham Church
TG0337

(?) 1795
Tolleshunt D’Arcy Church
TG0317

(?) 1795
Kenilworth Castle: The View from the South
TG0250

1795 - 1796
An Interior View of the Ruins of the Savoy Hospital
TG0348

1795 - 1796
Part of the Ruins of the Savoy Palace, Westminster Bridge Beyond
TG0226

1792 - 1793
Carlisle Cathedral, from the South West
TG0269

1793 - 1794
St Peter’s Church, Bexhill, from the East
TG0175

(?) 1795
The Landgate, Rye
TG0223

1792 - 1793
Part of the Ruins of Alton Castle
TG0112

1792 - 1793
Pevensey Castle: View of the North and East Towers
TG0287

1793 - 1794
The Ruined Gatehouse, Pevensey Castle, from the East
TG0266

(?) 1795
Pegwell Bay, near Ramsgate
TG0217

1792 - 1793
Warkworth Castle, from the River Coquet
TG0121

1792 - 1793
Bamburgh Castle, from the East
TG0116

1792 - 1793
Craigmillar Castle, near Edinburgh
TG0089

1792 - 1793
The Castle Rock, Edinburgh
TG0129

1792 - 1793
Dunnottar Castle
TG0124

1792 - 1793
Findlater Castle
TG0084

1792 - 1793
Deskford Castle
TG0109

1792 - 1793
Spynie Palace, near Elgin
TG0149

1792 - 1793
Pluscarden Abbey
TG0082

1792 - 1793
Dunstaffnage Castle
TG0148

1792 - 1793
Dumbarton Rock and the Castle, from the North West
TG0101

1792 - 1793
Glasgow Cathedral, from the North East
TG0111

1792 - 1793
Part of the Ruins of Croxden Abbey, from the East
TG0152

1792 - 1793
Jedburgh Abbey, from the East
TG0104

1793 - 1794
The West Front of Crowland Abbey
TG0286

1792 - 1793
Byland Abbey
TG0087

1792 - 1793
Melville Castle
TG1566

1800 - 1805
Chelsea Reach, Looking towards Battersea
TG1741

1800 - 1805
Chelsea Reach, Looking towards Battersea
TG1741

1795 - 1796
Figures on a Fishing Vessel in Dover Harbour
TG0808

1794 - 1797
Mont Blanc, from the Banks of the Arve, near Sallanches in Savoy
TG0455

1795 - 1796
The Inner Harbour, Dover, with the Castle Beyond
TG0817

1798 - 1799
Gothic Ruins: Said to Be Valle Crucis Abbey
TG1346
(?) 1800
Knaresborough
TG1671