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Landscape with two figures and sheep on the brow of a hill

Maker

formerly attributed to
(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

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

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[...]".

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