Lot Essay
We are grateful to Hugh Belsey for suggesting a date of circa 1758.
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A road through a wood with hilly ground to the right
Details
Thomas Gainsborough, R.A. (1727-1788)
A road through a wood with hilly ground to the right
pencil
6 x 7½ in. (15.2 x 19 cm.)
A road through a wood with hilly ground to the right
pencil
6 x 7½ in. (15.2 x 19 cm.)
Provenance
Thomas Gainsborough sale (+); Christie's, London, 11 May 1799, lot 82, 84 or 88 (sold to George Hibbert).
By descent to the Hon. A.H. Holland-Hibbert.
The Hon. A.H. Holland-Hibbert; Christie's, London, 30 June 1913, lot 34, together with the present lot 54 (7 gns. to Parsons and Sons).
Caroll Carstairs and by descent to Mrs. M. Schwartz;
Anonymous sale [Schwartz]; Christie's, London, 19 March 1968, lot 45, where purchased by the present owners.
By descent to the Hon. A.H. Holland-Hibbert.
The Hon. A.H. Holland-Hibbert; Christie's, London, 30 June 1913, lot 34, together with the present lot 54 (7 gns. to Parsons and Sons).
Caroll Carstairs and by descent to Mrs. M. Schwartz;
Anonymous sale [Schwartz]; Christie's, London, 19 March 1968, lot 45, where purchased by the present owners.
Literature
J. Hayes, The Drawings of Thomas Gainsborough, 1970, vol. I, p. 157, no. 200, pl. 426.
Exhibited
Fredericton, The Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Gainsborough in Canada, 1991, no. 15.
London, Dulwich Picture Gallery, Constable, A Master Draftsman, 12 July 1994-16 October 1994, no. XI.
London, Dulwich Picture Gallery, Constable, A Master Draftsman, 12 July 1994-16 October 1994, no. XI.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium