© Wordsworth Trust
Borrowdale
Artist: Thomas Girtin (1775 - 1802)
Location: Dove Cottage and the Wordsworth Museum
Date: circa 1801
Materials: watercolour
Dimensions: 32 x 50 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £5,000 (Total: £35,000; tax remission)
Vendor: Sir Francis Beaumont
Review number: 3264 (1987)
Provenance:
Sir Francis Beaumont.
Description:
This view of Borrowdale was not done from life but on the basis of a Beaumont sketch. The drawing should be compared with two sketches by Sir George Beaumont, one dated 29 May 1798 and another inscribed Borrowdale, Wed Dec 26 Harrogate.
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