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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF SUZANNE S. DIXON, LAKE FOREST, ILLINOIS
THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH, R.A. (SUDBURY 1727-1788 LONDON)
Wooded landscape with horseman
Details
THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH, R.A. (SUDBURY 1727-1788 LONDON)
Wooded landscape with horseman
stamped with artist's monogram (lower left)
black chalk and watercolour, heightened with touches of bodycolour on blue paper
9 3⁄8 x 11 ½ in. (23.8 x 29.2 cm.)
Wooded landscape with horseman
stamped with artist's monogram (lower left)
black chalk and watercolour, heightened with touches of bodycolour on blue paper
9 3⁄8 x 11 ½ in. (23.8 x 29.2 cm.)
Provenance
The artist, by whom gifted to
Goodenough Earle (1699-1789), Barton Grange, Somerset, and by descent to his nephew,
Francis Milner Newton (1728-1794), London, and by descent to his daughter,
Josepha Sophia Newton (1763-1848), and by descent to her cousin,
Francis Wheat Newton (1814-1895), and by descent.
with Agnew’s, London, 1913.
with M. Knoedler & Co., New York, 1914, from whom acquired in 1929 by,
Casimir I. Stralem (1866–1932), New York, and by descent to,
Donald S. Stralem (1903–1976) and Jean Ickelheimer Stralem (1908-1994), New York.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 6 July 2010, lot 218.
with Lowell Libson, London, from whom acquired by,
Wesley M. Dixon (1927-2014) and Suzanne S. Dixon (1931-2022), Lake Forest, Illinois.
Goodenough Earle (1699-1789), Barton Grange, Somerset, and by descent to his nephew,
Francis Milner Newton (1728-1794), London, and by descent to his daughter,
Josepha Sophia Newton (1763-1848), and by descent to her cousin,
Francis Wheat Newton (1814-1895), and by descent.
with Agnew’s, London, 1913.
with M. Knoedler & Co., New York, 1914, from whom acquired in 1929 by,
Casimir I. Stralem (1866–1932), New York, and by descent to,
Donald S. Stralem (1903–1976) and Jean Ickelheimer Stralem (1908-1994), New York.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 6 July 2010, lot 218.
with Lowell Libson, London, from whom acquired by,
Wesley M. Dixon (1927-2014) and Suzanne S. Dixon (1931-2022), Lake Forest, Illinois.
Literature
G. W. Fulcher, Life of Thomas Gainsborough R.A., London, 1856, p. 241.
M. Woodall, Thomas Gainsborough, His Life and Work, London, 1949, p. 57, pl. 66.
J. Hayes, ‘Gainsborough Drawings from Barton Grange’, The Connoisseur, February 1966, vol. 161, p. 91. fig. 11.
J. Hayes, The Drawings of Thomas Gainsborough, London, 1970, no. 283, pl. 94.
M. Woodall, Thomas Gainsborough, His Life and Work, London, 1949, p. 57, pl. 66.
J. Hayes, ‘Gainsborough Drawings from Barton Grange’, The Connoisseur, February 1966, vol. 161, p. 91. fig. 11.
J. Hayes, The Drawings of Thomas Gainsborough, London, 1970, no. 283, pl. 94.
Exhibited
New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Drawings by Thomas Gainsborough, 1914, no. 22.
New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Exhibition of Pictures by Thomas Gainsborough, 1923, no. 9.
New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Exhibition of Pictures by Thomas Gainsborough, 1923, no. 9.
榮譽呈獻
Lucy Speelman
Associate Specialist, Head of Day Sale