- Description
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- Creator(s)
- Thomas Girtin (1775-1802)
- Title
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- The West Front of Peterborough Cathedral
- Date
- 1794
- Medium and Support
- Graphite and watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 38.7 × 29.5 cm, 15 ¼ × 11 ⅝ in
- Inscription
‘T. Girtin 1794’ lower left, by Thomas Girtin; ‘Recd 3
d
April 1795 of Mr Jas Moore / One Pound Eleven Shillgs 6d for / a Drawing of Peterborough Cathd. / £1. 11. 6 - Thos Girtin’ (?) on the back, by Thomas Girtin
- Object Type
- Studio Watercolour
- Subject Terms
- Cambridgeshire; Gothic Architecture: Cathedral View
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- Collection
- Versions
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The West Front of Peterborough Cathedral
(TG1014)
The West Front of Peterborough Cathedral (TG1016)
The West Front of Peterborough Cathedral (TG1017)
The West Front of Peterborough Cathedral (TG1019)
The West Front of Peterborough Cathedral (TG1020)
- Catalogue Number
- TG1018
- Girtin & Loshak Number
- 84iii as 'Peterborough Cathedral'
- Description Source(s)
- Witt Library Photograph
Provenance
Arthur Henry Holland-Hibbert, 3rd Viscount Knutsford (1855–1935); his sale, Christie's, 30 June 1913, lot 67; bought by 'Palser', £49 7s; J. Palser & Sons (stock no.17407); bought by Claude Tryon (d.1949), 1 December 1913; owner unknown to Girtin and Loshak
Exhibition History
Palser Gallery, 1914, no.85
Place depicted
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