DrawingsBritish18th century

Pegwell Bay Near Ramsgate

1796

Artists

Thomas GirtinArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Watercolor over graphite on cream paper

Culture

British

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

10.8 × 16.5 cm (4 1/4 × 6 1/2 in.) frame: 22.9 × 27.5 × 2.5 cm (9 × 10 13/16 × 1 in.)

Provenance

[Sotheby's, London, March 26, 2004, lot 105]. [Martyn Gregory, London] sold; to George and Patti White, February 2005, loan; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023

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