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Wooded landscape with two peasant boys, donkey and cottage

Maker

(artist)
1727-1788

Title

Wooded landscape with two peasant boys, donkey and cottage

Date of Production

1759

Medium

graphite on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 30.6 cm
Width: 38.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1961.XX.1

Mode of Acquisition

John S. Newberry, gift, 1961

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords







Provenance

Sir John Charles Robinson, London (1824-1913); probably his sale, Christie's (London), 21 April 1902, lot 116; purchased there by E. Parsons & Sons (London); John Mitchell; John S. Newberry, New York; Newberry Gift 1961

Exhibition History

Thomas Gainsborough, Tate Britain, London, 24/10/2002-19/01/2003

Thomas Gainsborough, Ferrara & Italy, 07/06/1998-30/08/1998

Master Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 16/10/1991-19/01/1992 ...More

The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 03/09/1986-30/11/1986; The Drawing Center, New York, 08/04/1986-26/07/1986

Mantegna to Cezanne - Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 24/02/1983-19/06/1983

English Landscape Drawings and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/06/1979-01/09/1979

Exhibition of Drawings and Watercolours from the Spooner and Witt Collections, Australia, New Zealand, 1976-78

Newly Acquired Drawings for the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965-1966

Old master drawings, Newark Museum, 17/03/1960-22/05/1960 ...Less

Literature

Newly Acquired Drawings for the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965-1966
cat. no. 53

Hayes, John, The Drawings of Thomas Gainsborough, London 1970
no. 238 and pp. 34, 38, 42, 75, 164
pl. 74

Exhibition of Drawings and Watercolours from the Spooner and Witt Collections, Australia, New Zealand, 1976 - 1978
cat. no. 10
ill. ...More

English Landscape Drawings and Watercolours, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1979
cat. no. 18

Mantegna to Cezanne: Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 1983
no. 88, p. 73
ill. on p. 91

The Northern Landscape: Flemish, Dutch and British Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1986
cat. no. 90
ill. on p. 205

Master Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1991
cat. no. 33
pp. 74, 180
ill. on p. 75

Thomas Gainsborough, Palazzo dei Diamanti, Ferrara, 1998
no. 64
ill.

Gainsborough, Tate Gallery, 2002
no. 27
ill. on p. 76 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: none

Inscription: Recto: lower left (in margin), graphite, signed and dated: “Gainsborough fec. 1759”; lower right (in margin), graphite: “1”. Mount (removed): Verso: upper centre, graphite: “Gift of John S. NEWBERRY, / CARLTON HOUSE (Apt. 6) / MADISON AVENUE AT 62nd ST. / NEW YORK, N.Y.”; lower left, graphite: "Gainsborough no. no."

Collector's mark: none.

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