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Wooded Landscape with Herdsman and Cow

Thomas Gainsborough

English, 1727–1788

Wooded Landscape with Herdsman and Cow

early 1780s

Medium brush and black and gray wash with black and white chalks on cream laid paper, fixed with skim milk and/or gum
Dimensions Sheet: 10 1/2 x 14 in. (26.7 x 35.6 cm)
Object Number 2007.8.80
Acquisition Gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007
Status Off View

Image Caption

Thomas Gainsborough, Wooded Landscape with Herdsman and Cow, early 1780s, brush and black and gray wash with black and white chalks on cream laid paper, fixed with skim milk and/or gum. Clark Art Institute, gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007.8.80

Provenance

Randall Davies; [P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Ltd., London, sold to Egerton, 1938]; Mrs. J. Egerton (in 1938); private collection, by descent, sold to Deborah Gage (Works of Art), Ltd., London, as agent for Manton, Dec. 1999; Sir Edwin A. G. Manton, New York (1999–d. 2005); Manton Family Art Foundation (2005–2007, given to the Clark); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2007.

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