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Lot 242
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After Thomas Gainsborough, R.A.
After Thomas Gainsborough, R.A.

A girl feeding pigs in a wooded landscape

Details
After Thomas Gainsborough, R.A. A girl feeding pigs in a wooded landscape oil on canvas 25 1/8 x 30 in. (63.7 x 76.3 cm.) in an English 18th century carved giltwood frame
Provenance
L.R. Nightingale, Paston House, Elm Hill, Norwich, where acquired by 1948.
Literature
A.E. Richardson, diary entry, 10 September 1948 and 24 September 1953.

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Lot Essay

After the picture at Castle Howard, Yorkshire.

10 September 1948
'Left Mundesley for Norwich, travelled via North Walsham and Aylsham to The Maid's Head Inn. Arrived in the afternoon then went to the exhibition at the Castle. A fun show of park portraits. Went to Nightingale's shop to see a picture by Thomas Gainsborough.'

24 September 1953
'Gainsborough's Pig Girl, we have a good copy at Ampthill.'
Professor Sir Albert Richardson, P.R.A.

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