Study of trees (recto)
Maker
(artist)
1727-1788
1727-1788
Title
Study of trees (recto)
Date of Production
(circa) 1760 - 1765
Medium
black chalk, brown and blue wash (recto), black chalk and brown wash (verso) on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 14.3 cm
Width: 19.6 cm
Width: 19.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.552
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 30 (with another); purchased there by Leggatt Bros (London); Sotheby's (London), n.d., lot 3? (along with D.1952.RW.554); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952) (£2); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
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
An exhibition of paintings and drawings by Thomas Gainsborough, 1727-1788, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, 20/05/1951-02/06/1951 ...More
An exhibition of drawings by Thomas Gainsborough, Sand Hill, Aldeburgh, 1949 ...Less
Gainsborough drawings, London; York City Art Gallery; four other venues, 1960-61
An exhibition of paintings and drawings by Thomas Gainsborough, 1727-1788, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, 20/05/1951-02/06/1951 ...More
An exhibition of drawings by Thomas Gainsborough, Sand Hill, Aldeburgh, 1949 ...Less
Literature
Hayes, John, The Drawings of Thomas Gainsborough, London 1970
no. 281 and on p. 29
Illus. pl. 91
Landscapes by Thomas Gainsborough, Nottingham University Art Gallery, 1962
no. 39
Gainsborough drawings, London; York City Art Gallery; four other venues, 1960-61
cat. no. 14 ...More
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 21
Woodall, Mary, Gainsborough's Landscape Drawings, London 1939
no. 359 ...Less
no. 281 and on p. 29
Illus. pl. 91
Landscapes by Thomas Gainsborough, Nottingham University Art Gallery, 1962
no. 39
Gainsborough drawings, London; York City Art Gallery; four other venues, 1960-61
cat. no. 14 ...More
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 21
Woodall, Mary, Gainsborough's Landscape Drawings, London 1939
no. 359 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Verso, lower centre edge, fragment: "GR".
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: none.
Collector's mark: none.
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