Pont-y-Pair, Betws-y-Coed, North Wales
DrawingsBritish18th century

Pont-y-Pair, Betws-y-Coed, North Wales

c. 1799

Artists

Thomas GirtinArtist
Classification
Drawings
Medium
Watercolor and graphite on off-white laid paper
Culture
British
Century
18th century
Division
European and American Art
Department
Department of Drawings

Dimensions

35.1 × 52.5 cm (13 13/16 × 20 11/16 in.) frame: 57.8 × 74 × 3.8 cm (22 3/4 × 29 1/8 × 1 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Thomas Calvert Girtin, by descent; to his son, George W.H. Girtin, by descent; to Thomas Girtin; to [Walker's Galleries, London], sold; to Mr. Learoyd, 1918. S.D. Wetham; to [Christie's, London, November 6, 1973, lot 143]; to [Fry Gallery, London]. [Sotheby's, London, November 9, 1995, lot 32, bought in]. [Sotheby's, London, July 16, 1998, lot 42] sold; to [Martyn Gregory, London], sold; to George and Patti White, 1999, loan; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023

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