Wooded landscape with donkeys, cottage and figures riding on a path
Maker
(artist)
1727-1788
1727-1788
Title
Wooded landscape with donkeys, cottage and figures riding on a path
Date of Production
1750 - 1755
Medium
graphite on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 21.7 cm
Width: 28.7 cm
Width: 28.7 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2369
Mode of Acquisition
Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
probably Joshua Kirby (1716-1774); given by him to Joshua Baldreys (1754-1828), December 1776 [based on verso inscription, possibly the date remembered incorrectly, or was a bequest?]; Frank Gibson (1865-1931?); T.P. Greig; his sale, Christie's (London), 11 May 1928, lot 6, as 'Study for the Great Cornard Wood'; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952); Witt Bequest 1952 Inscription on the verso: "Josa. Baldgreys given Me Decr. 1776 by J: K: Senr. Gent". I am presuming JK to be Joshua Kirby, a great friend of Gainsborough’s; he died before 1776 though, so the date in the inscription is the not the gift date, but just the inscription date probably; Joshua Baldreys’s father, Andrew Baldrey, was partners with Joshua Kirby’s father, John Kirby.
Exhibition History
The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 03/09/1986-30/11/1986; The Drawing Center, New York, 08/04/1986-26/07/1986
English Landscape Drawings and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/06/1979-01/09/1979
English Landscape Drawing and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/05/1977-01/06/1977 ...More
The Painter's Eye: an exhibition to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Gainsborough, R.A., Gainsborough's House, Sudbury, 1977
English Landscape Drawings [catalogue not found], Rye Art Gallery, England, 1971
English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/01/1965-01/05/1965
Landscapes by Thomas Gainsborough, Nottingham University Art Gallery, 01/11/1962-25/11/1962
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 01/09/1960-01/10/1960
Gainsborough drawings, London; York City Art Gallery; four other venues, 1960-61
An exhibition of drawings by Thomas Gainsborough, Sand Hill, Aldeburgh, 1949
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
Two hundred years of British painting, Public Library and Art Gallery, Huddersfield, 16/05/1946-13/07/1946
Bicentenary memorial exhibition of Thomas Gainsborough: illustrating the various periods of his work, also the work of his contemporaries and his influence on the art of his own and later times., Ipswich Museum, 07/10/1927-05/11/1927 ...Less
English Landscape Drawings and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/06/1979-01/09/1979
English Landscape Drawing and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/05/1977-01/06/1977 ...More
The Painter's Eye: an exhibition to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Gainsborough, R.A., Gainsborough's House, Sudbury, 1977
English Landscape Drawings [catalogue not found], Rye Art Gallery, England, 1971
English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/01/1965-01/05/1965
Landscapes by Thomas Gainsborough, Nottingham University Art Gallery, 01/11/1962-25/11/1962
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 01/09/1960-01/10/1960
Gainsborough drawings, London; York City Art Gallery; four other venues, 1960-61
An exhibition of drawings by Thomas Gainsborough, Sand Hill, Aldeburgh, 1949
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
Two hundred years of British painting, Public Library and Art Gallery, Huddersfield, 16/05/1946-13/07/1946
Bicentenary memorial exhibition of Thomas Gainsborough: illustrating the various periods of his work, also the work of his contemporaries and his influence on the art of his own and later times., Ipswich Museum, 07/10/1927-05/11/1927 ...Less
Literature
The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1986
cat. no. 89
ill. on p. 203
Mantegna to Cezanne: Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 1983
cat. no. 87
ill. on p. 91
English Landscape Drawings and Watercolours, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1979
cat. no. 17 ...More
English Landscape Drawing and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1977
cat. no. 8
Hayes, John, The Drawings of Thomas Gainsborough, London 1970
no. 131
pl. 377
English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965
cat. no. 7
Landscapes by Thomas Gainsborough, Nottingham University Art Gallery, 1962
no. 33
Gainsborough drawings, London; York City Art Gallery; four other venues, 1960-61
cat. no. 4
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 1960
cat. no. 11
pl. 2b
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 22
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 27
Woodall, Mary, Gainsborough's Landscape Drawings, London 1939
no. 371 and p. 33 ...Less
cat. no. 89
ill. on p. 203
Mantegna to Cezanne: Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 1983
cat. no. 87
ill. on p. 91
English Landscape Drawings and Watercolours, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1979
cat. no. 17 ...More
English Landscape Drawing and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1977
cat. no. 8
Hayes, John, The Drawings of Thomas Gainsborough, London 1970
no. 131
pl. 377
English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965
cat. no. 7
Landscapes by Thomas Gainsborough, Nottingham University Art Gallery, 1962
no. 33
Gainsborough drawings, London; York City Art Gallery; four other venues, 1960-61
cat. no. 4
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 1960
cat. no. 11
pl. 2b
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 22
Some British Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1948
no. 27
Woodall, Mary, Gainsborough's Landscape Drawings, London 1939
no. 371 and p. 33 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Verso: upper centre edge, brown ink: "Jos.a Baldreys given Me Dec.r 1776 by J: K: Sen.r Gent.".
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Verso: upper centre edge, brown ink: "Jos.a Baldreys given Me Dec.r 1776 by J: K: Sen.r Gent.".
Collector's mark: none.
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