Woman and children sitting in front of the entrance gate to a house
Maker
(artist)
1727-1788
1727-1788
Title
Woman and children sitting in front of the entrance gate to a house
Date of Production
(circa) 1780
Medium
black chalk offset, reinforced with black and brown chalk, grey wash and white bodycolour on laid paper, laid down on a historic mount
Dimensions
Height: 32.2 cm
Width: 26.4 cm
Width: 26.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4034
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
Henry Joseph Pfungst (1844-1917); his sale at Christie's (London), 15 June 1917, lot 66; purchased there by Colnaghi (London); Spink & Son (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d. (£95); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Hayes, John, The Drawings of Thomas Gainsborough, London 1970
no. 717
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 22
no. 717
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 22
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower right, graphite: "Gainsbor[...]". Mount (historic), Verso, centre, graphite: "D"; centre, graphite: "51 x 45"; left, graphite, partly erased: "Thomas Gainsborough / The Entrance Gate of a House near Bath / with a woman + Child + [illegible word] in the foreground / £fk Collection No. 76"; lower right corner, graphite: "K. 1146".
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Verso: lower left corner, stamped: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower right, graphite: "Gainsbor[...]". Mount (historic), Verso, centre, graphite: "D"; centre, graphite: "51 x 45"; left, graphite, partly erased: "Thomas Gainsborough / The Entrance Gate of a House near Bath / with a woman + Child + [illegible word] in the foreground / £fk Collection No. 76"; lower right corner, graphite: "K. 1146".
Collector's mark: Mount (historic), Verso: lower left corner, stamped: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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