View: Pont au Change, the City Theatre, Pont Neuf, Paris

Artist Thomas Girtin (Southwark, England, 1775 - 1802)

Date1802

Mediumsoft ground etching with artist's own wash on paper

ClassificationsPrints

DimensionsSight Size: Height: 22.1 cm, Width: 48.1 cm
Frame: Height: 46.7 cm, Width: 71.7 cm

AcquisitionPurchased in 1951 with income from the Webster Bequest.

CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0

LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub

Object numberABDAG002443

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About MeThis soft ground etching was produced by watercolourist and etcher Thomas Girtin and published the volume, "The most Picturesque views of Paris and its Environs", 1803. From the number given in brackets after its title we know this was the 18th of 20 original views.

From late 1801 to early 1802, Girtin spent 5 months in Paris where he painted watercolours and made a series of pencil sketches which he etched on his return to London. Sadly, Girtin died later that year aged only 27.
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This scene shows two of the bridges that connect the Île de la Cité to the right bank of the Seine in Paris.