English School, circa 1748

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English School, circa 1748

A dead Woodcock, with a distant view of Exton Park

inscribed, upper right 'This Remarkable Woodcock was/shot by one of the Earls of/Gainsborough's servants Novem, 7th/1748. and painted from the Bird itself'

16 x 20in. (40.6 x 50.8cm.)