1793 Documents
Documents, Dated Watercolours and Early Accounts of the Artist
Dated Work
- Hereford Cathedral, from the River Wye (TG0155)
7 February 1793
Messrs. Greenwoods, Prints and Drawings, Loose, Framed, and Glazed, 6–7 February 1793
Includes works by Thomas Girtin:
- 89 – ‘Two, views in Cumberland, Girtin’
- 90 – ‘Two, Durham Castle, Girtin’
20 February 1793
Mr King, London, Sale, 20–21 February 1793
Includes a work by Thomas Girtin:
- 86 – ‘A Fine Landscape in Water Colours’
April–June 1793
The exhibition at Pall Mall of the celebrated landscape The Mill by the great Dutch artist Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606–69), part of the collection of the Duc d’Orleans.
1 May 1793
Woolwich (see print after TG0158) is published in The Copper-Plate Magazine (Walker, 1792–1802).
23–24 May 1793
Messrs. Greenwood, An Elegant Assemblage of Capital Drawings, in Crayons and Water Colours, by the Most Esteemed Modern Artists, 23–24 May 1793
Includes amongst the ‘PRINTS AND DRAWINGS, FRAMED AND GLAZED’ works by Thomas Girtin:
Day 1
- 92 – ‘Lantoni abbey, Girtin’
- 96 – ‘A landscape, with the good Samaritan, Girtin’
- 99 – ‘Two, views on the Medway and companion, Girtin’
Day 2
- 75 – ‘Worcester Cathedral’. Sold for £1 10s
25 May 1793
The opening of Robert Barker’s specially built panorama building at Leicester Square with the View of the Grand Fleet Moored at Spithead.
1793
Hereford Cathedral, from the River Wye
TG0155
1792 - 1793
Woolwich
TG0158