Wooded landscape with a cow on a bank
Maker
(artist)
1727-1788
1727-1788
Title
Wooded landscape with a cow on a bank
Date of Production
(circa) 1745
Medium
graphite on laid paper, laid down
Dimensions
Height: 16.4 cm
Width: 21.1 cm
Width: 21.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4158
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
anonymous sale, Sotheby's (London), 14 July 1948, lot 170 (with three others); purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 21 April 1949 (£10); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
The Painter's Eye: an exhibition to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Gainsborough, R.A., Gainsborough's House, Sudbury, 1977
Landscapes by Thomas Gainsborough, Nottingham University Art Gallery, 01/11/1962-25/11/1962
Gainsborough drawings, London; York City Art Gallery; four other venues, 1960-61
Landscapes by Thomas Gainsborough, Nottingham University Art Gallery, 01/11/1962-25/11/1962
Gainsborough drawings, London; York City Art Gallery; four other venues, 1960-61
Literature
Hayes, John, The Drawings of Thomas Gainsborough, London 1970
no. 70
pl. 5
Landscapes by Thomas Gainsborough, Nottingham University Art Gallery, 1962
no. 30
Gainsborough drawings, London; York City Art Gallery; four other venues, 1960-61
cat. no. 1 ...More
no. 70
pl. 5
Landscapes by Thomas Gainsborough, Nottingham University Art Gallery, 1962
no. 30
Gainsborough drawings, London; York City Art Gallery; four other venues, 1960-61
cat. no. 1 ...More
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: lower centre edge, fragment: lower half of a Vryheyt mark - double bordered circle with "EIUSQUE LIBERT[...]" visible around the edges, containing a lion standing on a platform labelled "VRYHEYT" (potential matches in Churchill are 81, 82, 84, 86 etc., dated 1704-1757 and potentially later).
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): lower left, graphite, acc. no.: "4158"; lower right, graphite, Colnaghi number: "A15687".
Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): lower left, graphite, acc. no.: "4158"; lower right, graphite, Colnaghi number: "A15687".
Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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