Harvard Art Museums > 2022.225: Above Lyme Regis, looking across Marshwood Vale, Dorset Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Above Lyme Regis, looking across Marshwood Vale, Dorset (Thomas Girtin) , 2022.225,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 05, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/375651. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2022.225 People Thomas Girtin, British (London 1775 - 1802 London) Title Above Lyme Regis, looking across Marshwood Vale, Dorset Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1797-1798 Culture British Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/375651 Physical Descriptions Medium Watercolor on off-white modern laid paper Dimensions 24.8 × 51.8 cm (9 3/4 × 20 3/8 in.) frame: 39.4 × 67.3 cm (15 1/2 × 26 1/2 in.) Inscriptions and Marks gallery label: back of frame, printed: THOS. AGNEW & SONS, / FINE ART PUBLISHERS TO HIS MAJESTY / No 4379 / [left:] MANCHESTER, /14, EXCHANGE STREET. / [right:]PARIS, / 22, PLACE VENDOME / BERLIN. / 31, UNTER DEN LINDEN. / [bottom:] LONDON, / 43. OLD BOND STREET. / PICCADILLY, W. clipping: clipping from Burlington Fine Arts catalogue, 1916, printed: 107 ABOVE LYME REGIS. THOMAS GIRTIN. / 9 1/2 by 20 in.; [inscribed, black ink, above printing:] Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1916. Provenance Recorded Ownership History Charles Sackville Bale (1791-1880), sold [through his sale, Christie’s, London, May 13, 1881, lot 87]; to Palser. Edward Cohen (1816-1880), by descent; to Mrs. Oswald, his niece. Sir Edward Marsh (1872-1953). Sydney L. Courtauld (1840-1899), by descent; to Major (later Sir) Stephen Courtauld (1883-1967), 1899. [Agnew’s London, 1931], sold; to British Private Collector, by descent and sold; [through Christie’s, London, December 9, 2015, lot 213]. [Christie’s, New York, January 30, 2019, lot 110, passed]. [Sotheby’s, New York, January 26, 2022, passed], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2022 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Marian H. Phinney Fund Accession Year 2022 Object Number 2022.225 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History The Bale Collection: Catalogue of Pictures by Ancient and Modern Masters, and Water-Colour Drawings of the English School..., auct. cat., Christie, Manson and Woods, Ltd. (London, May 13, 1881), lot 87 Exhibition of the Herbert Horne Collection of Drawings with Special Reference to the Works of Alexander Cozens, exh. cat., Burlington Fine Arts Club (London, 1916), no. 107 Annual Exhibition of Selected Watercolour Drawings, auct. cat., Thomas Agnew & Sons Ltd. (London, 1931), no. 103 Thomas Girtin and David Loshak, The Art of Thomas Girtin, Adam and Charles Black (London, 1954), cat. no. 240 Greg Smith, Thomas Girtin: The Art of Watercolour, exh. cat., Tate Britain and Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (London, 2002), p. 146, under no.108 Old Master & British Drawings & Watercolours, auct. cat., Christie's, South Kensington (London, December 9, 2015), lot 213, repr. Old Master and British Drawings, auct. cat., Christie's, New York (New York, January 31, 2019), lot 110, repr. Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries, auct. cat., Sotheby's, New York (New York, January 26, 2022), lot 60, repr. Thomas Girtin (1775-1802): An Online Catalogue, Archive and Introduction to the Artist by Greg Smith, website, Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, 2023, discussed and repr.; https://www.thomasgirtin.com/collection/catalogue/above-lyme-regis-looking-across-marshwood-vale/search/keywords:lyme-regis/page/1 [accessed 6-15-23] Exhibition History Exhibition of the Herbert Horne Collection of Drawings with Special Reference to the Works of Alexander Cozens, Burlington Fine Arts Club, 01/01/1916 - 12/31/1916 Annual Exhibition of Selected Watercolour Drawings, Thomas Agnew & Sons Ltd., 01/01/1931 - 12/31/1931 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu