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Thomas Gainsborough, R.A. (1727-1788)

A wooded Landscape with Buildings and Figures

Details
Thomas Gainsborough, R.A. (1727-1788)
A wooded Landscape with Buildings and Figures
pencil, grey wash, watermark 'J WHATMAN'
9 5/8 x 14½ in. (24.4 x 36.8 cm.)
Provenance
Dr. H.A.C. Gregory; Sotheby's London, 20 July 1949, lot 13 (100gns. to Agnew's).
J.A. Dewar 1949, and thence by descent.
Literature
J. Hayes, The Drawings of Thomas Gainsborough, London and Bradford, 1970, p.280, no.748.

Lot Essay

This drawing is dated by Hayes to the mid 1780s, though, with its structural emphasis on solid architectural forms, it could be a little earlier. A similar drawing also dated to the mid 1780s was sold at Christie's London, 8 November 1994, lot 12 (£29,900).

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