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A Selection of Twenty of the Most Picturesque Views in Paris: View of Pont de la Tournelle & Notre Dame taken from the Arsenal
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A Selection of Twenty of the Most Picturesque Views in Paris: View of Pont de la Tournelle & Notre Dame taken from the Arsenal

Thomas Girtin (British, 1775–1802), artist; Frederick Christian Lewis (British, 1779–1856), aquatint by · 1802 · softground etching and aquatint printed in brown

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Girtin, along with his rival J. M. W. Turner, extended the technical possibilities of watercolor and in doing so demonstrated that watercolors could have the visual impact of oils. His reduction of landscape to simple and monumental forms, his panoramic compositions, and his sensitivity to natural effects, such as cloud formations, influenced subsequent generations of watercolor painters. Anxious to take advantage of the Peace of Amiens (October 1, 1801), Girtin went to Paris to see the artistic treasures brought back from Italy by Napoleon and installed in the Louvre. He made graphite sketches of the city and its environs and upon his return to London made etchings based on his drawings. Girtin died of tuberculosis shortly thereafter, and the series was published by his widow and brother.

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Credit lineA Selection of Twenty of the Most Picturesque Views in Paris: View of Pont de la Tournelle & Notre Dame taken from the Arsenal, 1802. Thomas Girtin (British, 1775–1802), Frederick Christian Lewis (British, 1779–1856). Softground etching and aquatint printed in brown; sheet: 19.9 x 48.7 cm (7 13/16 x 19 3/16 in.); image: 15.1 x 44.5 cm (5 15/16 x 17 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John Bonebrake, 2006.243
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