Thomas Gainsborough
English, 1727–1788
Landscape with Herdsman Driving Cows and Distant Buildings
mid to late 1780s
| Medium | black chalk over brush and gray wash with lead white on beige laid paper, fixed with gum |
| Dimensions | Sheet: 9 11/16 x 12 3/4 in. (24.6 x 32.4 cm) |
| Object Number | 2007.8.77 |
| Acquisition | Gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007 |
| Status | Off View |
Image Caption
Thomas Gainsborough, Landscape with Herdsman Driving Cows and Distant Buildings, mid to late 1780s, black chalk over brush and gray wash with lead white on beige laid paper, fixed with gum. Clark Art Institute, gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007.8.77
Select Bibliography
American Federation of Arts. Old Master Drawings from the Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Lester Francis Avnet. circulating exhibition, 1969-1970. New York: American Federation of Arts. 1969.
Hayes, John. Gainsborough and Rowlandson: A New York Private Collection. New York: Published privately, 1998.
Clarke, Jay, ed. Landscape, Innovation, and Nostalgia: The Manton Collection of British Art. Williamstown, MA: The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2012.
Provenance
Sale, Sotheby’s, 24 Nov. 1965, no. 27, sold to Tunnard; Tunnard (in 1965); Mr. And Mrs. Lester Avnet, sold to Manton, July 1973; Sir Edwin A. G. Manton, New York (1973–d. 2005); Manton Family Art Foundation (2005–2007, given to the Clark); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2007.
