Lot 403
  • 403

THOMAS GIRTIN | Rustic Figures in a Landscape, with Pigs

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Description

  • Rustic Figures in a Landscape, with Pigs
  • Watercolour over pencil;inscribed and partially signed lower right: Windsor / G[irtin] 
  • 192 by 139 mm.

Provenance

Arthur K. Hay;
by descent to Joseph B. Hay
his executor's sale, Stamford, Bateman’s, 7 October 2017, lot 614

Literature

To be included in G. Smith's forecoming publication: Thomas Girtin (1775-1802): An Online Catalogue, Archive and Introduction to the Artist 

Condition

This work is well preserved, however the lower right hand corner of the sheet has been reconstructed and most of Girtin's signiture has been lost.
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Catalogue Note

This recently rediscovered drawing dates to circa 1793-1794 and shows figures and their pony resting on the edge of woodland. In the foreground, rapidly drawn pigs bask in the sun. We are grateful to Gregory Smith for his help when cataloguing this work.