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Study of trees (recto)

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Verso, lower centre edge, fragment: "GR".

Inscription: none.

Collector's mark: none.

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