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A Collection of Prints Illustrative of English Scenery from Drawings and Sketches of Thomas Gainsborough

Maker

(artist)
1727-1788

(engraver)
1761-1839

(engraver)
1762-1836

(publisher)

Title

A Collection of Prints Illustrative of English Scenery from Drawings and Sketches of Thomas Gainsborough

Date of Production

1802 = 1805

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 23.7 cm
Width: 31.7 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.4319

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Notes

A collection of prints illustrative of English scenery, from the drawings and sketches of Thomas Gainsborough in the collections of Baroness Lucas, Viscount Palmerston, G. Hibbert, and Dr. Monro. 70 plates, in soft-ground etching, some with added watercolour tone and scraped highlights.

Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

inscription : printed : lower centre margin & recto : : From the Original in the Collection of Geo. Hibbert. Esq. r / Published May 1, 1803, by W.F. Wells & J. Laportee. //

inscription : printed : lower left margin & recto : : T. Gainsborough Del.t //

inscription : pencil : lower left margin & recto : : related drawing (after which this engraving [illeg.] ?) / in Witt Collection (4006) //

inscription : printed : lower right mount & recto : : W.F. Wells sculp.t //

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