Thomas Girtin
Rochester Castle from the River Medway

Rochester Castle from the River Medway

Public Domain

Rochester Castle from the River Medway
ArtistBritish, 1775–1802
CultureBritish
Titles
  • Rochester Castle from the River Medway
Date1791/1792
Place depictedRochester, United Kingdom
MediumWatercolor and graphite on laid paper, laid down on artist's wash-line mount
DimensionsImage: 10 3/4 × 15 3/8 in. (27.3 × 39.1 cm)
 Sheet/Mount: 14 3/4 × 19 1/2 in. (37.5 × 49.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Stuart Collection, museum purchase funded by Francita Stuart Koelsch Ulmer in memory of Muriel Fursteneau Cody, and in honor of Carol and Charlie Herder
Object number2016.344
Not on view

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Department
Prints and Drawings
Special Collections
Object Type
Provenance[Possibly London, Thomas Greenwood, Some Exceedingly Fine Modern Drawings, Framed and Glazed, January 25, 1792; lot 69 (as Rochester Castle and Bridge)]; Private collection, England; [Andrew Clayton-Payne, London, 2013–2016]; purchased by MFAH, 2016.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed in ink, below bottom right corner of image on artist's wash-line mount: Girtin fecit.
Verso: [none]
Recto: Signed in ink, bottom right corner: Girtin fecit.
Verso: [none]
Recto: Watermark, lower right: J WHATMAN [partial]
Verso: [none]
Catalogue raisonnéSmith, Greg. Thomas Girtin (1775-1802): An Online Catalogue, Archive and Introduction. London: Paul Mellon Center for Studies in British Art, 2022, cat. TG0057.
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