The sale took place over three days, 18–20 April 1836. The low value of the items attributed to Girtin suggests that Samuel William Reynolds (1773–1835) had successfully disposed of the stock he detailed in documents dating from 1801 and 1803 when he was acting in some capacity as his dealer, including ‘Drawings by Girtin 19 Large size’ at £7 7s each and ‘10 smaller’ at £4 4s and that he was left primarily with his sketches.

Lugt, Catalogues, no.14307

Copy consulted: Netherlands Institute for Art History, The Hague, online at Art Sales Catalogues Online

Day 1

• 15 – ‘Girtin’s views of Paris – 20’. Sold for 4s
• 167 – ‘Landscapes in water-colours, &c – 4’. Bought by ‘Monro’ for £2 4s
• 168 – ‘Slight sketches – 4’. Bought by ‘White’ for 13s
• 169 – ‘Ditto – 5’. Bought by ‘Hixon’ for 6s
• 170 – ‘Landscapes in water-colours – 2’. Bought by ‘Monro’ for £4
• 171 – ‘One of the Gates of York’. Unsold at a reserve of £1 1s (?TG1652 figure 1)
• 172 – ‘View of the Hotel de Ville, Paris’. Bought by ‘White’ for £3 3s (TG1906)
• 173 – ‘Rippon Minster – 2’. Bought by ‘Smart’ for 17s
• 174 – ‘View of Exeter’. Bought by ‘Fosse’ for £1
• 175 – ‘View near Bromley’. Bought by ‘White’ for £1 11s 6d
• 176 – ‘Kirkstall Abbey’. Unsold at a reserve of 10s
• 177 – ‘Choir, St Alban’s Abbey’. Bought by ‘White’ for 12s
• 178 – ‘Ditto; a grand drawing’. Bought by ‘White’ for £2 5s
• 179 – ‘Richmond Castle; and one, by Havell’. Bought by ‘Monro’ for 17s (?TG1063)
• 180 – ‘Girtin and Atkinson – 6’. Bought by ‘Hixon’ for 14s
• 181 – ‘Girtin’s sketch-book; a volume containing sixty sketches in pencil views in England’. Bought by ‘Monro’ for £10 10s