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Thomas Gainsborough British
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Gainsborough applied his monogram, seen here at lower rigtht, to several drawings made during his Bath period (1759–74) before giving them as gifts. A layer of varnish makes the image resemble an oil sketch.
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Title: Wooded Landscape with Cottage, Cows and Sheep
Artist:
Thomas Gainsborough (British, Sudbury 1727–1788 London)
Date: ca. 1770
Medium: Black chalk, pen and black ink, blue and brown washes, heightened with white gouache (bodycolor)
Dimensions: Sheet: 8 13/16 × 12 5/8 in. (22.4 × 32 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Bequest of Walter C. Baker, 1971
Object Number: 1972.118.291
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