Village along a River Estuary in Devon
1797/1798
Artist, British, 1775 - 1802
Artwork overview
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Medium
watercolor over graphite on oatmeal paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
Overall: 29.3 x 51.6 cm (11 9/16 x 20 5/16 in.)
mat: 55.9 x 71.1 cm (22 x 28 in.) -
Accession
1987.27.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Samuel William Reynolds (1773-1835); Elizabeth Weddell (1749-1831); by inheritance to her nephew, Sir John Charles Ramsden; Charles Russell; Miss K. G. Robinson (sale, Sotheby's, London, 21 November 1985, no. 97); (Leger Galleries, London); purchased 1987 by NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1987
English Drawings and Watercolors, 1630-1850, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1987-1988, no cat.
2006
The Artist's Vision: Romantic Traditions in Great Britain, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2006 - 2007
Bibliography
1985
Sotheby's, London, 11/21/85: no.97.
1986
Sotheby's, Art at Auction, 1985-1986, p.48.
Leger Galleries: 11/19-12/24/1986. no.9.
1992
Leger Galleries, British Landscape Painting, 3/4-4/3/92: fig. 50 (as The River Taw, looking towards Appledore.
2002
Thomas Girtin: The Art of Watercolour. Exh. cat. Tate Britain, London, 2002: 257-258 (fig. 48 and 50 are incorrectly labeled; fig. 50 is by Girtin and belongs to the National Gallery of Art).
Inscriptions
lower center in watercolor: Girtin
Wikidata ID
Q64633216