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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1994.3
People
Thomas Gainsborough, British (Sudbury, England 1727 - 1788 London, England)
Title
Landscape with Cottage alongside a Road
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1757
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/293560

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black and white chalk on pale green antique laid paper discolored to tan
Dimensions
15 x 20.1 cm (5 7/8 x 7 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Possibly the artist's posthumous sale, Christie's, London, May 11, 1799, lot 82, 84, or 88 (to Hibbert); George Hibbert (1757-1837), Munden House, Aldenham, Hertfordshire; by descent to the Hon. A. H. Holland-Hibbert (1855-1935), Broadclyst House, near Exeter, Devon; his sale, Christie's, London, June 30, 1913, lot 27 (with Hayes 1970, no. 193, to Agnew's); Agnew's, London; Priscilla S. England; gift to Fogg

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Albert and Priscilla S. England in honor of Agnes Mongan
Accession Year
1994
Object Number
1994.3
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Hugh Belsey, "A Second Supplement to John Hayes's 'The Drawings of Thomas Gainsborough'", Master Drawings (Winter 2008), vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 427-541, cat. no. 1033, fig. 58, also p. 447

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