Lot 80
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Thomas Girtin (1775-1802)
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Thomas Girtin (1775-1802)

Tynemouth Priory, Northumberland

Details
Thomas Girtin (1775-1802)
Tynemouth Priory, Northumberland
with inscription 'Tynemouth/Monastry' (on the reverse)
pencil and watercolour
5 7/8 x 4 1/8 in. (15 x 10.5 cm.)
Executed circa 1792-3
Provenance
James Moore and by descent to the Miller family, Croydon.
with Leggatts, London 1916.
with Spink, London.
Formerly from the Collection of Eric H. L. Sexton.
Literature
T. Girtin and D. Loshak, The Art of Thomas Girtin, London, 1954, p. 137, no. 28.
Special notice
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Lot Essay

The present drawing relates to the on-the-spot sketches produced by James Moore on his Northern and Scottish tour of 1792. The subject matter reflects the antiquarian interests of Moore, Girtin's first patron, while stylistically, the influence of Edward Dayes, to whom Girtin was apprenticed at this time, can be seen. Girtin also produced another drawing, of the same date, showing the Priory from the other side (see op. cit. p. 137, no. 27, pl. 9).

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