An upland Landscape with Sheep

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Thomas Gainsborough, R.A. (1727-1788)
An upland Landscape with Sheep
with the artist's stamp 'T Gainsborough' (lower left) and with inscription and date '1833 WE Dr Munro's [sic] sale N20' (on the reverse)
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, in a gold-tooled arabesque border
8 5/8 x 11 3/8 in. (21.9 x 28.9 cm.)

Provenance

Dr. Thomas Monro; Christie's London, 26 June 1833, (to W. Esdaile).
William Esdaile, his collector's mark (L. 2617); Christie's London, 20-21 March 1838.
Gilbert Davis, his collector's mark (L. 757a).
with Colnaghi, London, from whom purchased by the current vendor.

Literature

J. Hayes, The Drawings of Thomas Gainsborough, London, 1970, vol. I, p. 177, no. 294.

Lot Essay

Hayes dates the present drawing to the later 1760s and comments (op.cit., no. 294) 'The fairly tight scallops outlining the foliage are closely related to the wooded landscape in the Louvre (op.cit., no. 289), and the handling of wash, to the landscape with reclining figure, owned by R.M. Barrington-Ward' (op.cit, no. 298).

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