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Shepherd and sheep on the crest of a hill

Maker

(artist)
1727-1788

Title

Date of Production

1700 - 1799

Medium

graphite on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 14.3 cm
Width: 18.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3950

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

studio sale, Christie's (London), 11 May 1799, lot 82, 84 or 88 as part of a sketchbook; purchased there by George Hibbert, London (1757-1837); by descent to Arthur Henry Holland-Hibbert (1855-1935); his sale, Christie's (London), 30 June 1913, lot 37; purchased there by Thomas Agnew & Sons (London); Percy Moore Turner, London (c. 1877-1951); anonymous sale ('Property of a Gentleman'), Sotheby's (London), 28 January 1948, lot 5; purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952) (£2); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Thomas Gainsborough - Rural Themes and Variations, Compton Verney, Warwickshire, 11/02/2012-03/06/2012

Thomas Gainsborough - Rural Themes and Variations, Holburne Museum of Art, Bath, 24/09/2011-22/01/2012

Literature

Gainsborough's Landscapes: Rural Themes and Variations, Holburne Museum, Bath; Compton Verney House, 2011-12
no. 8
ill. on p. 102

Hayes, John, The Drawings of Thomas Gainsborough, London 1970
no. 166

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

Woodall, Mary, Gainsborough's Landscape Drawings, London 1939
no. 342 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: lower centre edge, fragment, tip of a small crown (looks like those used above "GR" on countermarks; similar to the one in D.1952.RW.554)

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: Verso: lower centre, graphite: "8122"; lower right, graphite, circled: "E. 1928".

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