id: 127547 accession number: 1950.219.15 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1950.219.15 updated: 2024-04-03 11:07:40.777000 A Selection of Twenty of the Most Picturesque Views in Paris: The Water Works at Marli and St. Germain-en-Laye seen in the Distance, 1802. Thomas Girtin (British, 1775–1802). Soft-ground etching with bistre wash; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1950.219.15 title: A Selection of Twenty of the Most Picturesque Views in Paris: The Water Works at Marli and St. Germain-en-Laye seen in the Distance title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1802 creation date earliest: 1802 creation date latest: 1802 current location: creditline: Dudley P. Allen Fund copyright: --- culture: England, early 19th Century technique: soft-ground etching with bistre wash department: Prints collection: PR - Etching type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: Abbey 102, 15A without letters --- CREATORS * Thomas Girtin (British, 1775–1802) - artist --- measurements: state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE George Capell-Coningsby, 5th Earl of Essex (1757-1839); by descent to his illegitimate daughter Harriet Capell-Coningsby (c. 1806-May 14, 1837), by descent to her husband, Richard Ford, London and Heavitree, near Exeter (1796-1858); by descent to his grandson, Captain Richard Ford, London (1860-1940); Dr. Walter Gernsheim, London date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES