Thomas Gainsborough RA, 1727–1788, British, Wooded Landscape with Shepherd and Sheep, between 1765 and 1770
- Title:
Wooded Landscape with Shepherd and Sheep
- Former Title(s):
Shepherd and his Flock on a Wooded Path
- Date:
- between 1765 and 1770
- Medium:
- Pen and brown ink with black and gray wash, heavily varnished on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, laid down on laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 6 7/8 x 9 1/4 inches (17.5 x 23.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, verso, upper right: "Gainsborough (underlined) G"
Collector's mark of John Deffett Francis "J.D.F." lower left, embossed (Lugt 1447)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.4.1199
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- flock | foliage | grass | landscape | path | rocks (landforms) | sheep | shepherd | trees
- Access:
- View by request in the Study Room [Request]
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John T. Hayes, Gainsborough drawings, International Exhibitions Foundation, Washington, D.C., 1983, pp. 114-15, no. 47, NJ18 G16 H392 (YCBA)
Painting in England 1700-1850, collection of Mr. & Mrs. Paul Mellon. , Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1963, p. 62, no. 62, ND466 V57 v.1-2 (YCBA)
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