THOMAS GIRTIN (LONDON 1775 - 1802)

THOMAS GIRTIN (LONDON 1775 - 1802)
View of St Cuthbert's, Holy Island, Northumberland
signed and dated Girtin 1800 (lower left) and inscribed Holy Island, St Cuthbert, Cathedral/ for Mr Tomkinson/ Mr Reynolds I will thank you to send it (verso)
pencil and watercolour on paper
587 x 485 mm
framed

PROVENANCE:
Miss Spence; Christie's, London, 19 March 1887, lot 36 (10 gns to Harmer)
Mr. Harmer and by descent in the family to the present owner
Christies, London, 7 Jul 2015, lot 95.

LITERATURE:
R. Schwabe, Artwork, Winter 1930, untraced.
T. Girtin and D. Loshak, The Art of Thomas Girtin, London, 1954, p. 156, no. 163ii.

EXHIBITED:
Burlington Fine Arts Club, A collection of pictures, drawings, furniture and objets d'art, Winter 1924-1925, no. 184.