Wooded landscape
Maker
(artist)
1727-1788
1727-1788
Title
Wooded landscape
Date of Production
(circa) 1780
Medium
pen and grey ink, grey wash on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 27.2 cm
Width: 35.6 cm
Width: 35.6 cm
Accession Number
D.2007.DS.17
Mode of Acquisition
Dorothy Scharf, bequest, 2007 (March)
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
George John, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758-1834), L.2341a; by descent to Edward John, 8th Earl Spencer, Althorp House, Northamptonshire (1924-1992); purchased from him by Thomas Agnew & Sons (London), 1979; purchased there by Mrs Josephine Scharf (1914-2004); by descent to her daughter, Miss Dorothy Scharf, London (1942-2004); Scharf Bequest 2007
Exhibition History
Gainsborough exhibition, Sir Philip Sassoon's house, London, 1936
Drawings by Thomas Gainsborough, Oxford Arts Club, 10/06/1935-15/07/1935
Drawings by Thomas Gainsborough, Oxford Arts Club, 10/06/1935-15/07/1935
Literature
Belsey, Hugh, 'A Second Supplement to John Hayes's "The Drawings of Thomas Gainsborough"' in 'Master Drawings', Winter 2008 - 427-541; 46, no. 4
no. 462
see attached PDF
109th Annual Exhibition of Watercolours and Drawings, Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 1982
no. 13
Hayes, John, The Drawings of Thomas Gainsborough, London 1970
no. 462 ...More
no. 462
see attached PDF
109th Annual Exhibition of Watercolours and Drawings, Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 1982
no. 13
Hayes, John, The Drawings of Thomas Gainsborough, London 1970
no. 462 ...More
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: Recto, right of centre: "I. TAYLOR" (see Heawood 108, where it appears with a Strasburg bend as countermark - London 1674).
Inscription: Verso: upper right, graphite: "Gainsboro".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, stamped in black: Earl Spencer (L.2341a).
Inscription: Verso: upper right, graphite: "Gainsboro".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, stamped in black: Earl Spencer (L.2341a).
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