Landscape with two figures and sheep on the brow of a hill
Maker
formerly attributed to
(artist)
1727-1788
(artist)
1727-1788
Title
Landscape with two figures and sheep on the brow of a hill
Date of Production
1700 - 1799
Medium
graphite on brown wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 14.8 cm
Width: 23.1 cm
Width: 23.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3878
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
Reverend John Whitehouse, Orlingbury Rectory (1756-1824); Squire Gallery (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d., for 290 shillings; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Hayes, John, The Drawings of Thomas Gainsborough, London 1970
p. 324
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 22
p. 324
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 22
Inscriptions
Collector's mark: Mount (removed, in portfolio from P&D): lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Mount (removed, in portfolio from P&D): Recto: lower left, graphite: "4943". Verso: right centre, brown ink: "A Sketch by Gainsborough / Rev Jn Whitehouse / Olinbury [sic] Rectory / Near Wellingborough / Northamptonsh[...]".
Inscription: Mount (removed, in portfolio from P&D): Recto: lower left, graphite: "4943". Verso: right centre, brown ink: "A Sketch by Gainsborough / Rev Jn Whitehouse / Olinbury [sic] Rectory / Near Wellingborough / Northamptonsh[...]".
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