5.2023.3: Pont-y-Pair, Betws-y-Coed, North Wales
Drawings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 5.2023.3
- People
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Thomas Girtin, British (London 1775 - 1802 London)
- Title
- Pont-y-Pair, Betws-y-Coed, North Wales
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- c. 1799
- Culture
- British
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/377750
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Transparent watercolor and graphite on off-white laid paper
- Dimensions
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35.1 × 52.5 cm (13 13/16 × 20 11/16 in.)
frame: 57.8 × 74 × 3.8 cm (22 3/4 × 29 1/8 × 1 1/2 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: Back of frame, brown ink: Copy of letter to Mr. Walker of / 118 New Bond Street. / Oakwood Lodge / Epsom / Sept. 27 1918. / Dear Mr. Walker / The drawing which I have / asked you to dispose for me, / of Pont-y-pair bridge, was / inherited by me direct from / the artist my Great-Grandfather / Thomas Girtin, coming through / the collections of my father / George H. W. Girtin and my Grand / father Dr. Thomas Calvert Girtin. / Yours faithfully / Thomas Girtin. / The original letter is in the / possession of Mr Learoyd -- / the present owner of this / drawing.
- inscription: lower left, brown ink: Girtin
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Thomas Calvert Girtin, by descent; to his son, George W.H. Girtin, by descent; to Thomas Girtin; to [Walker's Galleries, London], sold; to Mr. Learoyd, 1918. S.D. Wetham; to [Christie's, London, November 6, 1973, lot 143]; to [Fry Gallery, London]. [Sotheby's, London, November 9, 1995, lot 32, bought in]. [Sotheby's, London, July 16, 1998, lot 42] sold; to [Martyn Gregory, London], sold; to George and Patti White, 1999, loan; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Loan from George and Patti White
- Object Number
- 5.2023.3
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Exhibition of the Works of Thomas Girtin, exh. cat., Burlington Fine Arts Club (London, 1875), no. 95
- Thomas Girtin and David Loshak, The Art of Thomas Girtin, Adam and Charles Black (London, 1954), no. 291 ii
- Important English Drawings & Watercolours, auct. cat., Christie's, London (London, November 6, 1973), lot 143, repr.
- Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century British Drawings and Watercolours, auct. cat., Sotheby's, London (London, November 9, 1995), lot 32
- Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century British Drawings and Watercolours, auct. cat., Sotheby's, London (London, July 16, 1998), lot 42
- British Watercolours 1750-1940, auct. cat., Martyn Gregory (London, 1999), no. 33
- 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, no. TG1333, repr.; https://www.thomasgirtin.com/collection/catalogue/pont-y-pair-betws-y-coed-8539/search/keywords:pont-y/page/1 [accessed 6-15-23]
Exhibition History
- Exhibition of the Works of Thomas Girtin, Burlington Fine Arts Club, 01/01/1875 - 12/31/1875
- British Watercolours 1750-1940, Martyn Gregory, 11/01/1999 - 12/31/1999
Verification Level
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