DrawingsBritish18th century

Wooded Landscape with Herdsman, Cows and Church

18th century

Artists

Thomas GainsboroughArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black chalk and transparent watercolor, lead white applied dry, the whole dipped in skim milk, on cream antique laid paper

Culture

British

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

22 x 31 cm (8 11/16 x 12 3/16 in.) framed: 45.4 x 55.8 cm (17 7/8 x 21 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Philip and Frances L. Hofer, Cambridge, Massachusetts; bequest of Frances L. Hofer, 1979.46

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