2022.225: Above Lyme Regis, looking across Marshwood Vale, Dorset

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

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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

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