- Description
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- Creator(s)
- Thomas Girtin (1775-1802)
- Title
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- Part of the North-West Tower of the West Front of Peterborough Cathedral
- Date
- (?) 1794
- Medium and Support
- Graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 14 × 11.4 cm, 5 ½ × 4 ½ in
- Object Type
- Outline Drawing
- Subject Terms
- Cambridgeshire; Gothic Architecture: Cathedral View
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- Collection
- Catalogue Number
- TG1015
- Girtin & Loshak Number
- 84ii as 'Peterborough Cathedral'; '1794'
- Description Source(s)
- Girtin and Loshak, 1954; untraced in an audit in 2003
Provenance
Charles Sackville Bale (1791–1880); his posthumous sale, possibly Christie’s, 16 May 1881, lot 391 (9 items); bought by 'Palser', £3 5s; J. Palser & Sons; Edward Cohen (1817–86); then by bequest to his niece, Isabella Oswald (1838–1905); her posthumous sale, Robins & Hine, 30 March 1905, lot unknown; Sir Edward Marsh (1872–1953); bequeathed through the National Art-Collections Fund (The Art Fund), 1953
Place depicted
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