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Five horses by a barn, and a man and a dog resting

Maker

(Artists)
1727-1788

Title

Five horses by a barn, and a man and a dog resting

Date of Production

(circa) 1785

Medium

soft-ground etching with hand-corrections in chalk, on paper

Dimensions

Height: 30.1 cm
Width: 36.8 cm

Accession Number

G.1952.RW.2430

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

Provenance

Previous owner : Duveen & Witt, Robert Clermont (Sir)

Exhibition History

Gainsborough the printmaker, Peter Pears Gallery, Aldeburgh, 11/06/1988-03/07/1988

English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/01/1965-01/05/1965

Literature

English Landscape Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965
cat. no. 6

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 22

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin & recto : :

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