A black chalk drawing which has on one side a hill with two figures and a windmill and on the other a wooded area.
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A country landscape loosely drawn in black chalk with white chalk highlights on pale blue paper. In the foreground there is a small pond, and behind it, on the side of a low hill are two figures and a horse. At the top of the hill, which rises to the right of the drawing, is a windmill. On the left is a thickly wooded area and in the far distance the sky is bright.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1956.216
People
Thomas Gainsborough, British (Sudbury, England 1727 - 1788 London, England)
Title
Wooded Landscape with Rustic Lovers, Packhorses and Windmill
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
18th century
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/296895

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black chalk, stumped, and white chalk on blue antique laid paper
Dimensions
17.6 x 21.4 cm (6 15/16 x 8 7/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William D. Vogel
Accession Year
1956
Object Number
1956.216
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • John Hayes, The Drawings of Thomas Gainsborough, Yale University Press (U.S.) (New Haven and London, 1971), cat. no. 620,
  • Jonathan Derow, "Thomas Gainsborough's Varnished Watercolor Technique and It's Place in the History of English Landscape Watercolor Painting" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, March 1988), Unpublished, pp. 1-124 passim

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2220 18th-19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/28/2022 - 07/11/2022

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