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Wooded landscape

Maker

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1727-1788

Title

Wooded landscape

Date of Production

(circa?) 1768 - 1771

Medium

black and white chalk with stumping on brown laid paper, laid down

Dimensions

Height: 12.8 cm
Width: 15 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3938

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

George Guy, Earl of Warwick (1818-1893), L.2600 (lower right); Beaux Arts Gallery (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

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

Literature

Hayes, John, The Drawings of Thomas Gainsborough, London 1970
p. 324

Gainsborough drawings, London; York City Art Gallery; four other venues, 1960-61
cat. no. 30

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

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermarks: none in the drawing sheet, though difficult to see through backing sheet. Backing sheet: Verso, right centre: perhaps “GR“?

Inscription: none.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, stamped in black: Earl of Warwick (L.2600).

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