Artist: Thomas Girtin (1775 - 1802)
Nationality: British
Movement: English School
Media: Painting
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Biography:
Thomas Girtin originally worked in London as the apprentice to mezzotint engraver, Edward Dayes. He then met J.M.W. Turner who recognized his drawing skills and encouraged him to paint landscapes. He began painting with watercolors and exhibited them at the Royal Academy beginning in 1794, thus developing an appreciation for the medium. Girtin also collaborated with Turner on a project copying architectural paintings, many by Canaletto. In 1802, Girtin died from tuberculosis at the age of twenty-seven.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (60)
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J. Walker Turner and Girtin*s Picturesque Views, Sixty Years Since (London: J. Hogarth, 1854) book with 32 engravings 1854
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Thomas Girtin More Park near Watford 18th - 19th century
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J. Walker Windsor , plate 21 in the book Turner and Girtin*s Picturesque Views, Sixty Years Since (London: J. Hogarth, 1854) engraving 1854
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J. Walker Warkworth , plate 12 in the book Turner and Girtin*s Picturesque Views, Sixty Years Since (London: J. Hogarth, 1854) engraving 1854
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J. Walker Totness , plate 30 in the book Turner and Girtin*s Picturesque Views, Sixty Years Since (London: J. Hogarth, 1854) engraving 1854
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J. Walker Appleby , plate 26 in the book Turner and Girtin*s Picturesque Views, Sixty Years Since (London: J. Hogarth, 1854) engraving 1854
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J. Walker Richmond , plate 25 in the book Turner and Girtin*s Picturesque Views, Sixty Years Since (London: J. Hogarth, 1854) engraving 1854
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J. Walker Woolwich , plate 20 in the book Turner and Girtin*s Picturesque Views, Sixty Years Since (London: J. Hogarth, 1854) engraving 1854
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J. Walker Kingswere [sic] , plate 27 in the book Turner and Girtin*s Picturesque Views, Sixty Years Since (London: J. Hogarth, 1854) engraving 1854
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J. Walker Manchester , plate 10 in the book Turner and Girtin*s Picturesque Views, Sixty Years Since (London: J. Hogarth, 1854) engraving 1854
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J. Walker Newcastle upon Tyne , plate 13 in the book Turner and Girtin*s Picturesque Views, Sixty Years Since (London: J. Hogarth, 1854) engraving 1854
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J. Walker Abernethy Tower , plate 31 in the book Turner and Girtin*s Picturesque Views, Sixty Years Since (London: J. Hogarth, 1854) engraving 1854
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J. Walker Great Marlow , plate 19 in the book Turner and Girtin*s Picturesque Views, Sixty Years Since (London: J. Hogarth, 1854) engraving 1854
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Thomas Girtin George Earl of Elsex 18th - 19th century
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Thomas Girtin The Water Mill above the Bridge at Charenton Aquatint 1803
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J. Walker Tarnaway Castle, Morayshire , plate 29 in the book Turner and Girtin*s Picturesque Views, Sixty Years Since (London: J. Hogarth, 1854) engraving 1854
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J. Walker Bamborough Castle, Northumberland , plate 16 in the book Turner and Girtin*s Picturesque Views, Sixty Years Since (London: J. Hogarth, 1854) engraving 1854
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Thomas Girtin Bolton Abbey. The Rivers of England 18th - 19th century
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Thomas Girtin York Minster. The Rivers of England 18th - 19th century
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Thomas Girtin Kirkestall (sp?) Abbey. The Rivers of England 18th - 19th century
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Thomas Girtin Bolton Abbey's on the River Wharfe 18th - 19th century
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Thomas Girtin York Minster on the River Foss. 18th - 19th century
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Thomas Girtin Ripon Minster on the Rivers Ure and Skell 18th - 19th century
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J. Walker Christ Church Abbey, Hampshire , plate 28 in the book Turner and Girtin*s Picturesque Views, Sixty Years Since (London: J. Hogarth, 1854) engraving 1854
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Joseph Mallord William Turner Cover sheet of River Scenery, by Turner and Girtin, with Descritions 1827
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J. Walker Untitled tail-piece (artist sketching) , plate 32 in the book Turner and Girtin*s Picturesque Views, Sixty Years Since (London: J. Hogarth, 1854) engraving 1854
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J. Walker Marine Barracks at Stone House, Devonshire , plate 24 in the book Turner and Girtin*s Picturesque Views, Sixty Years Since (London: J. Hogarth, 1854) engraving 1854
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Joseph Mallord William Turner Cover sheet of River Scenery, by Turner and Girtin, with Descritions 1827
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Thomas Girtin View of the Pantheon, taken from the Arsenal Colored aquatint 18th - 19th century
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Thomas Girtin Title Page from 20 Views of Paris Colored aquatint 18th - 19th century
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Thomas Girtin Warwick Castle and Guy's Tower watercolor over graphite 18th - 19th century
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Thomas Girtin A view of pont neuf, the mint etc. Colored aquatint 18th - 19th century
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Thomas Girtin View of the Gate of St. Denis, taken du Fauxbourg Colored aquatint 18th - 19th century
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Thomas Girtin A general view of Paris taken from Chaillot Colored aquatint 18th - 19th century
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Thomas Girtin View of pont St. Michel, taken from pont Neuf Colored aquatint 18th - 19th century
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Thomas Girtin View of the Louvre and Bridge of the Tuilleries taken from Pont Neuf Colored aquatint 18th - 19th century
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Thomas Girtin View of St. Cloud and Mount Cavalry, taken from Pont de Seve Colored aquatint 18th - 19th century
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Thomas Girtin View of Pont au Change, taken du Pont de Notre Dame Colored aquatint 18th - 19th century
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Thomas Girtin View of Pont Vont de la Tournelle et Notre Dame, taken from the Arsenal Colored aquatint 18th - 19th century
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Thomas Girtin View of Belle Vue and Pont Seve from the Terrace near Pont de St. Cloud Colored aquatint 18th - 19th century
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Thomas Girtin View of Point Neuf, part of Louvre, Notre Dame and the College of Four Nations Colored aquatint 18th - 19th century
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J. Walker Ely , plate 8 in the book Turner and Girtin*s Picturesque Views, Sixty Years Since (London: J. Hogarth, 1854) engraving 1854
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J. Walker Peterborough , plate 7 in the book Turner and Girtin*s Picturesque Views, Sixty Years Since (London: J. Hogarth, 1854) engraving 1854
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J. Walker Bridgenorth , plate 9 in the book Turner and Girtin*s Picturesque Views, Sixty Years Since (London: J. Hogarth, 1854) engraving 1854
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J. Walker Carlisle , plate 18 in the book Turner and Girtin*s Picturesque Views, Sixty Years Since (London: J. Hogarth, 1854) engraving 1854
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J. Walker Sheffield , plate 23 in the book Turner and Girtin*s Picturesque Views, Sixty Years Since (London: J. Hogarth, 1854) engraving 1854
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J. Walker Wakefield , plate 22 in the book Turner and Girtin*s Picturesque Views, Sixty Years Since (London: J. Hogarth, 1854) engraving 1854
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J. Walker Chester , plate 6 in the book Turner and Girtin*s Picturesque Views, Sixty Years Since (London: J. Hogarth, 1854) engraving 1854
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J. Walker Birmingham, plate 5 in the book Turner and Girtin*s Picturesque Views, Sixty Years Since (London: J. Hogarth, 1854) engraving 1854
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J. Walker Matlock , plate 4 in the book Turner and Girtin*s Picturesque Views, Sixty Years Since (London: J. Hogarth, 1854) engraving 1854
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J. Walker Rochester , plate 2 in the book Turner and Girtin*s Picturesque Views, Sixty Years Since (London: J. Hogarth, 1854) engraving 1854
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J. Walker Chepstow , plate 3 in the book Turner and Girtin*s Picturesque Views, Sixty Years Since (London: J. Hogarth, 1854) engraving 1854
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J. Walker Westminster Bridge , plate 15 in the book Turner and Girtin*s Picturesque Views, Sixty Years Since (London: J. Hogarth, 1854) engraving 1854
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J. Walker Hampton Court, Herefordshire , plate 17 in the book Turner and Girtin*s Picturesque Views, Sixty Years Since (London: J. Hogarth, 1854) engraving 1854
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J. Walker Flint from Park Gate , plate 14 in the book Turner and Girtin*s Picturesque Views, Sixty Years Since (London: J. Hogarth, 1854) engraving 1854
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J. Walker Elgin Cathedral, Morayshire , plate 11 in the book Turner and Girtin*s Picturesque Views, Sixty Years Since (London: J. Hogarth, 1854) engraving 1854
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Charles W. Sharpe Portrait of J.M.W. Turner, R.A. , frontispiece and plate 1 in the book Turner and Girtin*s Picturesque Views, Sixty Years Since (London: J. Hogarth, 1854) engraving 1854
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I. Girtin Map of the Country, Islands, & etc. in the Vicinity of Naples, third plate opposite page 1 in the book Naples and the Campagna Felice: in a Series of Letters Addressed to a Friend in England in 1802 (London: R. Ackermann, 1815) etching with
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I. Girtin Plan of the Barracks, Theatres, &c. of Pompeji, fifth plate opposite page103 in the book Naples and the Campagna Felice: in a Series of Letters Addressed to a Friend in England in 1802 (London: R. Ackermann, 1815) color aquatint 1815
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John Robert Cozens Lake of Nemi Watercolor on paper 1789

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Dulwich Picture Gallery: The Golden Age of Watercolours : The Hickman Bacon Collection
Sir Hickman Bacon had unusual tastes for his time. The collection is especially strong in the type of late, ethereal Turner watercolour that only became widely popular with the advent of abstract painting in the 1940s and 50s. The works by Girtin ...

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