Girtin, Thomas (1775 – 1802) – ‘Save that from yonder evy-mantled tow’r / The moping owl does to the moon complain’.

'Save that from yonder evy-mantled tow'r / The moping owl does to the moon complain'. Pencil and monochrome wash. Signed. The original mount inscribed with lines from Gray's 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard'. Provenance: Dr Thomas Monro (1759-1833); ... Christie's, 27 March 1936, lot 1 as one of 'Six other Sepia Drawings of Landscapes and Sky Studies'; bought by Thos. Agnew & Sons; Norman Dakeyne Newall (1888-1952); his widow, Leslia Newall (d.1979); Christie's, 14 December 1979, part of lot 249. Literature: this is one of the group of small sketches listed in Greg Smith, 'Thomas Girtin: The Art of Watercolour', Tate, 2002, Cat No. 27, p.47; Greg Smith, 'Thomas Girtin (1775-1802): An Online Catalogue, Archive and Introduction to the Artist', Cat no. TG0195. 4.5x7.25 inches.