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Lot 94 · Old Master and British Works on Paper: Drawings, Watercolours and Prints 1500-1900

Melrose Abbey, Scotland

Thomas Girtin · pencil and watercolour

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Estimate
£5,000–£8,000 hammer ≈ $5,993–$9,589
Result
Performance
Sale
Christie's — Old Master and British Works on Paper: Drawings, Watercolours and Prints 1500-1900, London · 5 July 2022
Dimensions
11 3⁄4 x 13 in. (29.8 x 33 cm.)
Record ID
TB-2026-3444508
Record
first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Thomas Girtin, Melrose Abbey, Scotland. Christie's, 5 Jul 2022, lot 94. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3444508.

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From the same sale Old Master and British Works on Paper: Drawings, Watercolours and Prints 1500-1900 · Jul 2022

LotArtistEstimateResult
A nude man seen from behind AFTER GIROLAMO FRANCESCO MARIA MAZZOLA, CALLED IL PARMIGIANINO (PARMA 1503-1540 CASALMAGGIORE) £4,000–£6,000
A river landscape with cliffs LOUIS-GABRIEL MOREAU, MOREAU L'AÎNÉ (PARIS 1740-1806) £1,500–£2,500
The Virgin and Child beneath a baldachin, with Saints Agnes, Dorothea… ANDREAS JOHANN JACOB HEINRICH MÜLLER (KASSEL 1811-1890 DÜSSELDORF) £7,000–£10,000
An album comprising topographical views and character and architectur… VARIOUS ARTISTS, LATE 18TH-EARLY 19TH CENTURY £10,000–£12,000
Portrait of Joseph Brown of Norwich (1720-1800), painter ( recto ); a… THE REV. THOMAS KERRICH (1747-1828 CAMBRIDGE) £2,000–£3,000
Conway Castle, North Wales THOMAS MILES RICHARDSON, SEN. (NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE 1784-1848) £4,000–£6,000

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Ra and Thomas Girtin (London 1775-1802) Kenilworth Castle seen Bonhams, Apr 2025
Thomas Girtin seven works from twenty views of paris Sotheby's, Mar 2013
Thomas Girtin seaton sluice, northumberland Sotheby's, Mar 2005

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