Thomas Girtin
Rochester Castle from the River

ArtistBritish, 1775–1802
CultureBritish
Titles
  • Rochester Castle from the River
Date1791/1792
Place depictedRochester, United Kingdom
MediumWatercolor and graphite on laid paper, with original 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
Object number2016.344
Not on view

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ProvenancePrivate collection, England; [Andrew Clayton Payne, London, by 2016]; purchased by MFAH, 2016.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed in ink, bottom right corner: Girtin fecit.
Verso: [none]
Recto: Signed in ink, bottom right corner: Girtin fecit.
Verso: [none]
Recto: Watermark, lower right: J WHATMAN [partial]
Verso: [none]

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