John Opie R:A: pinx.t E. Scriven sc.
Library of the Fine Arts, 1832.
Stipple. Plate 184 x 140mm. 7¼ x 5½". Trimmed to the plate along right edge;
Thomas Girtin (1775-1802) was one of the greatest and most original of all English watercolourists. He was a friend, rival and later an inspiration to Turner, with whom he closely worked. He died aged just twenty-seven, shortly after completing his most ambitious and spectacular work, the Eidometropolis, a 360-degree panorama of London measuring over 100ft.
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