After Thomas Gainsborough
English, 1727–1788
Rocky Landscape with Herdsman Conversing with a Girl, Goats, Cows Drinking at a Fountain and Distant Hills
18th century
| Medium | watercolor over graphite on cream wove paper |
| Dimensions | Sheet: 12 7/16 x 15 1/4 in. (31.6 x 38.7 cm) |
| Object Number | 2007.20.23 |
| Acquisition | Gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007 |
| Status | Off View |
Image Caption
After Thomas Gainsborough, Rocky Landscape with Herdsman Conversing with a Girl, Goats, Cows Drinking at a Fountain and Distant Hills, 18th century, watercolor over graphite on cream wove paper. Clark Art Institute, gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007.20.23
Select Bibliography
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
J. Huth (his sale, Christie’s, London, 8 July 1895, no. 64); [Oscar & Peter Johnson, Ltd., London, sold to Manton Oct. 1966]; Sir Edwin A. G. Manton, New York (1966–d. 2005); Manton Family Art Foundation (2005–2007, given to the Clark); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2007.
