Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2020.

View Looking (West), Downriver on the Seine

Artist Thomas Girtin (British, 1775 - 1802)

Date1802

MediumSoft-ground etching

DimensionsOverall, Image: 5 7/8 × 17 1/2 in. (14.9 × 44.5 cm)
Overall, Mat: 9 1/2 × 21 1/8 in. (24.1 × 53.7 cm)
Other (Sheet): 6 1/2 × 18 1/8 in. (16.5 × 46 cm)

ClassificationsEuropean art

Credit LineGift of James A. Bergquist

Object number2019.30.1

Terms

Seine

On View

Not on view

DescriptionThis etching is a view of Paris on the Seine River from behind Notre-Dame Cathedral. It features unusually elaborate hand tinting when compared to other examples from the series. We see a stack of rough building timbers off to the right, a contrast to the fine buildings across the river and the cathedral. A row of grand houses catch the sun bursting through the clouds, in contrast to the brooding cathedral in the center.