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

TG0150

93

Buildwas Abbey 'exterior view'

'Mr Girtin, now Palser'

£20

TG0136

101

Gooderich Castle '4 ⅛ × 5 ⅞'

'Mr Girtin'

£15

TG0131

87

Chepstow Castle

'Mr Girtin'

£20

TG0134

35

Pembroke Castle

'Mr Girtin, now Agnew's'

£18

TG0132

33

Carew Castle

'Mr Barnard'

£18

TG0123

31

Denbigh

'Mr Girtin'

£25

TG0133

29

Conway Castle

'Mr Barnard'

£20

TG0107

78

Ditto the small one  '4 ⅛ × 5 ⅞'

'Mr Girtin'

£8

TG0141

85

Old houses

'Mr Barnard'

£20

TG0248

83

Bolton, with pencil sketch

'Mr Barnard'

£21

TG0142a

91

Helmsley Castle

'Mr Girtin'

£15

TG0122

89

Fountains Abbey

'Mr Girtin, sold by 1916'

£20

TG0118

37

Kirkstall

'Mr Girtin'

£25

TG0144

38

Another Kirkstall (Trees left)

'Mr Barnard'

£30

TG0147

96

Lincoln

'Mr Girtin'

£25

TG1006

82

Colchester

'Mr Barnard'

£15

TG0127

73

Pevensey Castle

'Mr Girtin'

£15

TG0218

79

Winchelsea grey

'Mr Girtin, sold by 1916'

£6

TG0305

90

Saltwood grey

'Mr Girtin, sold by 1916'

£8

TG0262

81

Saltwood colour

'Mr Barnard'

£12

TG0259

84

Battle Abbey

'Mr Girtin, sold by 1916'

£15

TG0268

97

Battle Church

'Mr Girtin, sold by 1916'

£12

TG0154a

80

Monument in Winchelsea Church

'Mr Barnard'

£10

TG0352

115

Dover Castle

'Mr Girtin'

£12

TG0263

88

Icklesham Church

'Mr Girtin'

£12

TG0337

 

Ruined Gateway

'Mr Girtin'

£10

?

75

Church near Maldon '(Folsham Davey)'

'Mr Girtin'

£10

TG0317

77

Kenilworth

'Mr Girtin, sold by 1916'

£20

TG0250

93

Savoy Ruins, colour

'Mr Barnard'

£20

TG0348

95

Ditto. grey

'Mr Girtin'

£8

TG0226

 

Abbeydore

'Mr Girtin'

£5

TG0269

104

Bexhill, with pencil sketch '(gone to Palser)'

'Mr Girtin'

£15

TG0175

 

Landgate, Rye - grey

'Mr Girtin'

£8

TG0223

100

Old tower, Pevensey

'Mr Barnard'

£10

TG0112

 

Pevensey Castle, grey

'Mr Girtin'

£6

?

 

Pevensey Castle, colour

'Mr Girtin, sold by 1916'

£10

TG0287

 

Pevense Wall, grey

'Given by Mr Girtin to the Ashmolean'

£5

TG0266

107

Westminster, grey

'Mr Girtin, sold by 1916'

£8

?

108

Ramsgate, grey

'Mr Girtin'

£8

TG0217

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

TG0083

32

Warkworth

'Mr Girtin, sold by 1916'

£25

TG0121

35

Bamborough '& pencil sketch by Moore'

'Mr Barnard'

£15

TG0116

24

Craigmillar

'Mr Barnard'

£25

TG0089

25

Edinburgh Castle

'Mr Girtin'

£20

TG0129

27

Dunnotter

'Mr Girtin'

£30

TG0124

28

Findlater

'Mr Girtin'

£20

TG0084

34

Deskford

'Mr Barnard'

£25

TG0109

20

Spynie Palace

'Mr Barnard'

£25

TG0149

22

Pluscardine Abbey

'Mr Girtin'

£25

TG0082

21

Dunstaffnage

'Mr Barnard'

£30

TG0148

26

Dumbarton

'Mr Girtin'

£25

TG0101

58

Ditto with shipping

[Edward Dayes?]

£15

?

23

Glasgow Cathedral

'Mr Girtin'

£20

TG0111

103

Croxden Abbey

'Mr Barnard'

£25

TG0152

102

Jedburgh Abbey

'Mr Girtin'

£25

TG0104

 

5 pencil drawings

 

£21

 

18

Croyland Abbey

'Mr Barnard'

£40

TG0286

 

Payne Girtin Byland Abbey 'by Girtin not Payne'

'Mr Barnard'

£20

TG0087

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 - 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