Thomas Girtin (London 1775-1802)
Thomas Girtin (London 1775-1802)

On the road to Harrow-on-the-Hill

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Thomas Girtin (London 1775-1802)
On the road to Harrow-on-the-Hill
inscribed 'on the road to Harrow on the Hill' (lower left)
pencil and watercolour
6 ¼ x 7 ½ in. (15.9 x 19 cm.)
Provenance
Sir John Clermont Witt (L. 646a).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 9 March 1989, lot 7.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 14 November 1996, lot 132.

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Lot Essay

Another view of Harrow-on-the-Hill by Girtin is in the Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven and dates to circa 1794. The present drawing is also datable to circa 1794.

Sir John Clermont Witt (1907-1982), the son of Sir Robert Witt, was, like his father a keen collector of drawings and a patron of the arts, serving as Chairman of the Trustees of the National Gallery, a Trustee of the Tate and member and then Vice-Chairman of the Arts Council.

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