Wooded landscape
Maker
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1727-1788
(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
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
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).
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, stamped in black: Earl of Warwick (L.2600).
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