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Study of an old hurdle

Maker

(artist)
1727-1788

Title

Study of an old hurdle

Date of Production

1755 - 1759

Medium

graphite on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 15.3 cm
Width: 18.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3884

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

Violet, Lady Melchett (1867-1945); Squire Gallery (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Thomas Gainsborough, Ferrara & Italy, 07/06/1998-30/08/1998

Thomas Gainsborough, Tate Gallery, London, 08/10/1980-04/01/1981

The Painter's Eye: an exhibition to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Gainsborough, R.A., Gainsborough's House, Sudbury, 1977 ...More

Gainsborough drawings, London; York City Art Gallery; four other venues, 1960-61 ...Less

Literature

Thomas Gainsborough, Palazzo dei Diamanti, Ferrara, 1998
no. 63
ill.

Thomas Gainsborough, Tate Gallery, 1980-81
no. 7
ill. on p. 51

Hayes, John, The Drawings of Thomas Gainsborough, London 1970
no. 164
pl. 50 ...More

Gainsborough drawings, London; York City Art Gallery; four other venues, 1960-61
cat. no. 5

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 22 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: verso, upper centre edge: "GR".

Inscription: Verso: centre, graphite: "M / 4933 / T. Gainsborough / in coll. Lady Melchett.".

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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