- Description
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- Creator(s)
- Thomas Girtin (1775-1802)
- Title
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- The West Front of Peterborough Cathedral
- Date
- (?) 1796
- Medium and Support
- Graphite and watercolour on wove paper, on an original mount
- Dimensions
- 44.6 × 35.2 cm, 17 ½ × 13 ⅞ in
- Inscription
‘T Girtin’ lower centre, by Thomas Girtin
- Object Type
- Studio Watercolour
- Subject Terms
- Cambridgeshire; Gothic Architecture: Cathedral View
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- Collection
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- The Whitworth, The University of Manchester
- (D.1892.112)
- 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 (TG1018)
The West Front of Peterborough Cathedral (TG1019)
- Catalogue Number
- TG1020
- Girtin & Loshak Number
- 84v as 'Peterborough Cathedral'; '1796–7'
- Description Source(s)
- Viewed in 2001 and February 2020
Provenance
James Vine (1772–1837) (lent to SPWC 1823); then by descent to Charles Vine; his posthumous sale, Christie's, 19 April 1873, lot 192; bought by 'Colnaghi', £67 4s; John Edward Taylor (1830–1905) (lent to London, 1875; London, 1891); presented to the Whitworth Institute, 1892
Exhibition History
SPWC, 1823, no.61 as ’Peterborough Cathedral’; London, 1875, no.27 as 'The Porch of Peterborough Cathedral'; London, 1891, no.40; Manchester, 1894, no number; London, 1923a, no.28; Agnew’s, 1931, no.104; Agnew’s, 1953a, no.99; Arts Council, 1960, no.32; Manchester, 1973, no.54; Brussels, 1973, no.50; Leningrad, 1974, no.19; Manchester, 1993, no.14; London, 2002, no.73
Bibliography
Kitton, 1887, p.363; Binyon, 1900, p.18; Sparrow, 1902, p.82; Binyon, 1931, pp.106-7; Binyon, 1933, pp.97–98; Mayne, 1949, pl.13; Girtin and Loshak, 1954, p.62, p.78, p.86, p.108; Wilton, 1977, p.30, p.187; Ushenko, 1979, pp.226–29; Nugent, 2003, p.132
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