Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland
Thomas Girtin (Southwark 1775 – Southwark 1802)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1794 (signed and dated)
Materials
Watercolour on paper
Measurements
190 x 265 mm
Place of origin
Bamburgh (England)
Order this imageCollection
Cragside, Northumberland
NT 1226398
Summary
Watercolour on paper, Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland by Thomas Girtin (Southwark 1775 – Southwark 1802), signed and dated 1794. A view of Bamburgh Castle, with a small boat approaching a shrimp fisherman on the beach in the foreground.
Provenance
Purchased by the National Trust at Anderson and Garland, 27 June 1995
Marks and inscriptions
Bottom left: Girtin - 1794
Makers and roles
Thomas Girtin (Southwark 1775 – Southwark 1802), artist
References
Thomas Girtin: The Art of Watercolour, Tate Britain, 4 July – 29 September 2002, N04409 for another version