Collection of six drawings
Thomas Girtin
- Art Funded
- 1968
- Bequeathed by
- Herbert A Powell through The Art Fund
Denis, Paris; 2) A Winding Estuary; 3) Temple of Vesta, a study; 4) Guisborough Abbey; 5) Landscape; 6) Bridge at Pont-y-pair. These works belonged to the Herbert Powell Collection of British Watercolours which was first given to the National Art Collections Fund in 1929 to function as a Loan Collection for public institutions. Dr Herbert Powell gave further additions to the Collection in 1936 and 1950. The Collection was finally permanently distributed amongst various public collections in 1968.
Provenance
Herbert Powell