The prison at Southampton

Details

Thomas Girtin (1775-1802)
The prison at Southampton
signed, inscribed and dated 'The Prison at Southampton/T. Girtin delt. 1800' (on the back of the old mount)
pencil and watercolour
5¾ x 7 7/8 in. (14.6 x 19.7 cm.)

Provenance

Possibly William Alexander; Sotheby's, London, 12 March 1817, lot 1215.
George Cooke.
H.A.J. Munro of Novar.
Dr. J. Percy (L. 1504).
S.C. Lister, 1887.
with Agnew's, London.
Earl of Swinton (+); Bonhams, London, 6 December 1972, lot 71.
T. Girtin; Sotheby's, London, 14 November 1991, lot 97 (£3,300).
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, London, 14 July 1994, lot 113 (£2,520 to the present owner).

Literature

T. Girtin and D. Loshak, The Art of Thomas Girtin, London, 1954, p. 210, as untraced.

Special notice

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Sale room notice

Please note the correct provenance on this lot should read:

Dr. Percy; Christie's, London, 15-24 April 1890, lot 517, £22 to Agnew's on behalf of S. Cunliffe-Lister.

Lot Essay

Entitled in 1994 'The South Gate and the Old Gaol, Southampton'.
There are two drawings of the same subject in the Victoria and Albert Museum, attributed by Girtin and Loshak (loc. cit.) to two artists associated with Girtin through Dr. Monro in the mid 1790s, J.M.W. Turner (ref. 1803-88) and John Henderson (ref.1916 - 1900).
We are grateful to Susan Morris for her help in preparing this catalogue entry.

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