Sotheby's: The Ingram Collection - Drawings from the Collection of the late Michael Ingram: Lot 150
THOMAS GIRTIN 1775-1802
Estimated Price:
$Realized Price:
$
What is this symbol? This symbol indicates that this auction hose has verified this price result.
ON THE MEDWAY
measurements note
10 by 34 cm., 4 by 13 1/4 in.
signed l.r.: on the Medway T.Girtin
watercolour over pencil
PROVENANCE
Anonymous sale at Christies, 4th April 1884, lot 117;
Sir Bruce Ingram (L.1405a)
EXHIBITED
London, P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., A Loan Exhibition from the Collection of Sir Bruce S.Ingram, 22nd January - 12th February 1952, no.72;
Winchester College, June 1963
London, Loan Exhibition of English Drawings and Watercolours in Memory of the Late D.C.T.Baskett, July - August 1963
LITERATURE
Thomas Girtin and David Loshak, The Art of Thomas Girtin, 1954, no. 336, p.180.
NOTE
Girtin's watercolour, which dates from circa 1799-1800, depicts the shore of the Medway at low tide with mud flats and pools in the foreground. Various boat houses, sheds and stranded boats can be seen beyond. Two hulks are afloat on the river and a low range of hills can be seen in the distance
Additional Upcoming Lots
Catalog Information
Auction House
Sotheby's
Auction Title
The Ingram Collection - Drawings from the Collection of the late Michael Ingram
Auction Date
2005
We're Hiring!
