THOMAS GIRTIN (1775-18o2)
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Originally appearing in Volume
V12,
Page 51
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
THOMAS See also:GIRTIN (1775-18o2)
, See also:English painter and etcher, was the son of a well-to-do cordage maker in See also:Southwark, See also:London
.
His See also:father died while See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas was a See also:child, and his widow married Mr See also:Vaughan, a See also:pattern-draughtsman
.
See also:Girtin learnt See also:drawing as a boy, and was apprenticed to See also:Edward Doyes (1763-1804), the See also:mezzotint engraver, and he soon made J
.
M
.
W
.
See also:Turner's acquaintance
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His architectural and topographical sketches and drawings soon established his reputation, his use of See also:water-See also:colour for landscapes being such as to give him the See also:credit of having created See also:modern water-colour See also:painting, as opposed to See also:mere " tinting." His etchings also were characteristic of his See also:artistic See also:genius
.
His See also:early See also:death from See also:consumption (9th of See also:November 1802) led indeed to Turner saying that " had Tom Girtin lived I should have starved." From 1794 to his death he was an exhibitor at the Royal See also:Academy; and some See also:fine examples of his See also:work have been bequeathed by private owners to the See also:British Museum and the See also:Victoria and See also:Albert Museum
.
End of Article: THOMAS GIRTIN (1775-18o2)
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