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ID number:  BIRBI-2016.1
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Artist / Maker:  Lewis, F.C. (1779-1856) after Girtin, Thomas (1775-1802)
Title / Object name:  Panoramic View of the Tuileries and Bridge, Paris
Object type:  Print
Place made:  London
Culture:  British
Date made:  1803
Materials:  Etching and aquatint
Measurements:  Plate 19.0 x 46.1 cm; mount 47.7 x 70.7 cm
Provenance:  Purchased from Agnew's, London, 1974; bequeathed by Charles Branchini through the Art Fund.
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Small wooden boats bob on the Seine as people and dogs relax on the wide river bank. Rather than focusing on the crowded streets and buildings of Paris, Girtin used a low viewpoint and hazy background to create a sense of space and openness. Girtin was an English painter, draughtsman and printmaker famous for his watercolours and his friendship and rivalry with the artist J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851). These prints were published in 1803 by Girtin’s widow and brother as part of the series Twenty of the most Picturesque Views in Paris and its Environs.

Notes:  Slightly cockling.
cf BM #1897,117.211. Provenance: Agnew's, L., 11xi1974, £75 [receipt #2589; stock #37851] Collection of Charles J. Branchini.

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