Lot Essay
This is a typical work of the earlier 1780s and can be compared with the Wooded Landscape with Figure, and Dog, see J. Hayes, The Drawings of Thomas Gainsborough, London and Bradford, 1970, no.494, pl.160.
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
Thomas Gainsborough, R.A. (1727-1788)
A wooded Landscape with Figures at the Edge of a Pool, near a cottage
Details
Thomas Gainsborough, R.A. (1727-1788)
A wooded Landscape with Figures at the Edge of a Pool, near a cottage
black and white chalks, grey wash, unframed
8½ x 12 in. (21.6 x 30.5 cm.)
A wooded Landscape with Figures at the Edge of a Pool, near a cottage
black and white chalks, grey wash, unframed
8½ x 12 in. (21.6 x 30.5 cm.)
Provenance
Acquired by the father of the present owner before 1940.