Pictures by Old Masters … The Duke of Bedford
Sotheby & Co., Pictures by Old Masters … The Duke of Bedford, 19 January 1951
Reference: Sotheby’s, 19 January 1951
Copy consulted: Library of the Paul Mellon Centre, London
- 4 – ‘A selection of twenty of the most Picturesque Views in Paris – some cut numbers 7 and 10 not included, numbers 8 and 17 are each cut in two. This is presumably the set of impressions, some coloured by the artist, which belonged to the Earl of Essex and was given by him to the Duke of Bedford’. Bought by the ‘Fine Art Society’ for 480 guineas (TG1862b; TG1864a; TG1865b; TG1866b; TG1868a; TG1871a; TG1874a; TG1876a; TG1878a; TG1879b; TG1881a; TG1882a; TG1883a; TG1884a; TG1885a; TG1886b; TG1887a; TG1890a)
Identified Exhibits
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Thomas Girtin
The Tuileries Palace and the Pont Royal, Taken from the Quai d’Orsay: Colour Study for Plate One of Picturesque Views in Paris
Private Collection
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Thomas Girtin
The Louvre and the Pont Royal, Taken from the Pont Neuf: Colour Study for Plate Two of Picturesque Views in Paris
Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge
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Thomas Girtin
The Ile de la Cité, with the Louvre and the Pont Neuf in the Distance, Taken from the Pont Marie: Colour Study for Plate Three of Picturesque Views in Paris
Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin – Madison
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Thomas Girtin
Pont Saint Michel, from the Pont Neuf: Colour Study for Plate Four of 'Picturesque Views in Paris'
Private Collection
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Thomas Girtin
Panoramic View of Paris from Chaillot, Looking up the Seine with the Dome of Les Invalides: Colour Study for Plate Five of Picturesque Views in Paris
Private Collection
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Thomas Girtin
The Tuileries Palace and the Pont Royal, Taken from the Pont de la Concorde: Colour Study for Plate Six of Picturesque Views in Paris
Private Collection
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Thomas Girtin
The Pont Neuf and the Mint: Colour Study for Plate Eight of Picturesque Views in Paris
National Gallery of Art, Washington
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Thomas Girtin
The Pont au Change, the Théâtre de la Cité, the Pont Neuf and the Conciergerie Prison, Taken from the Pont Notre Dame: Colour Study for Plate Nine of Picturesque Views in Paris
Aberdeen Art Gallery
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Thomas Girtin
The Pont de la Tournelle and Notre Dame, Taken from the Arsenal: Colour Study for Plate Eleven of Picturesque Views in Paris
Private Collection
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Thomas Girtin
The Pantheon, from the Arsenal, Looking across the Seine: Colour Study for Plate Twelve of Picturesque Views in Paris
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven
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Thomas Girtin
Bellevue and the Pont de Sèvres, Taken from the Terrace near the Pont de Saint-Cloud: Colour Study for Plate Thirteen of Picturesque Views in Paris
Private Collection
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Thomas Girtin
The Palace and Village of Choisy from the Banks of the Seine: Colour Study for Plate Fourteen of Picturesque Views in Paris
Private Collection
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Thomas Girtin
The Water Works at Marly, Saint-Germain-en-Laye in the Distance: Colour Study for Plate Fifteen of Picturesque Views in Paris
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven
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Thomas Girtin
The View from the Palace Terrace at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, the Aqueduct of Marly in the Distance: Colour Study for Plate Sixteen of Picturesque Views in Paris
Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence
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Thomas Girtin
The Village of Chaillot, Taken from the Pont de la Concorde: Colour Study for Plate Seventeen of Picturesque Views in Paris
Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton
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Thomas Girtin
Saint-Cloud and Mont Calvaire, Taken from the Pont de Sèvres: Colour Study for Plate Eighteen of Picturesque Views in Paris
Private Collection
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Thomas Girtin
The Banks of the Marne below the Bridge at Charenton: Colour Study for Plate Twenty of Picturesque Views in Paris
Untraced Public Collection, Israel
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Thomas Girtin
The Watermill above the Bridge at Charenton: Colour Study for Plate Nineteen of Picturesque Views in Paris
Private Collection