吉斯伯勒修道院，约克郡

Here, a subject that in previous generations would have been treated simply as a record of a particular place forms the basis for a much more imaginative composition . Girtin creates drama by emphasising the verticality of the architecture, which he shows as a silhouette against the sky. In this way he evokes the feelings of vertiginousness associated with the Sublime . 

Girtin was Turner's exact contemporary, but he died at the tragically young age of twenty-seven. His innovative watercolours were admired for their 'daring and vigorous execution'.