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In the Grounds of Harewood Park, Yorkshire (A Yorkshire Village by a River)

Artist Thomas Girtin (English, 1775-1802)
Date1800
DimensionsH: 12 in. (30.5 cm); W: 20 3/8 in. (51.8 cm)
MediumWatercolor, graphite, pen, and brown ink on laid paper
ClassificationDrawings
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number
1954.38
Not on View
Published ReferencesGrundy, C. R., Catalogue of the Pictures and Drawings in the Nettlefold Collection, vol. II, 1933, p. 129, repr. (as Beddgelert).

Mayne, J., Thomas Girtin, Leigh-on-Seigh, 1949, pl. XXXIV (as River with Village and Cows).

Girtin, T. and D. Loshak, The Art of Thomas Girtin, London, 1954, p. 74, no. 380, fig. 62 (as Unidentified Yorkshire Village).

Exhibition HistoryLondon, Burlington Fine Arts Club, Thomas Girtin, 1875, no. 107 (as River with Village and Cows).

London, Arts Council of Great Britain, British Watercolours and Drawings from the Gilbert Davis Collection, 1949, p. 3, no. 36.

London, Thomas Agnew and Son, Thomas Girtin, Feb.-Mar. 1953, no. 101 (as An Unidentified Yorkshire Village).

Toledo Museum of Art, Transparent Color, May 3 - August 25, 2002.

Toledo Museum of Art, Earthly Beauty, May 29-Sept. 6, 2015.

Comparative ReferencesSee also Hawcraft, F., Thomas Girtin (exh. cat.), Whitworth Art Gallery, 1975.
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1797
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about 1776-1786
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Samuel Prout
about 1820-1830
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1864
Gledstone House, Yorkshire
Peter De Wint
about 1837

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