#thomas girtin

Remarkable Ruins

Thomas Girtin (1775-1802), English watercolourist and etcher.

This artist allowed the recognition of watercolour as an art, while he is also the initiator of romantic watercolours.

Specialist in landscapes and architectural representations, friend of the painter J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851), he died prematurely of tuberculosis, in his studio.

(Details. The pictures show, in order: Denbigh Castle, circa 1793 ; Saint Cuthbert’s Holy Island, 1797 ; St. Alban’s Cathedral, Hertfordshire, circa 1797 ; Tolleshunt-Beckingham, Essex, circa 1795 ; Jedburgh Abbey, Roxburghshire, circa 1793 ; Durham Cathedral and Castle, circa 1800 ; Tempio d’ Antonio e Faustina, between 1798 and 1799 ; Lichfield Cathedral, Staffordshire, 1794 ; Tynemouth Priory, Northumberland, 1793 ; Kirkstall Abbey from the N.W., circa 1792)