Lot Essay
In the supplement to his The Drawings of Thomas Gainsborough, 1970, Hayes tentatively dates this drawing to the late 1750s, partly on account of the type of paper.
A Cow by a Tree
Details
Thomas Gainsborough, R.A. (1727-1788)
A Cow by a Tree
pencil
8 x 6 1/8 in. (20.2 x 15.5 cm.)
A Cow by a Tree
pencil
8 x 6 1/8 in. (20.2 x 15.5 cm.)
Literature
J. Hayes, Gainsborough Drawings: A Supplement to the Catalogue Raisonée, 'Master Drawings', 1983, vol.XXI, no.4, p.391, no.987.