Thomas Gainsborough
English, 1727–1788
Rocky Wooded Landscape with Winding Track
late 1770s
| Medium | pen and black ink with brush and gray wash and white chalk on blue laid paper |
| Dimensions | Sheet: 10 1/2 x 13 9/16 in. (26.7 x 34.4 cm) |
| Object Number | 2007.8.71 |
| Acquisition | Gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007 |
| Status | Off View |
Image Caption
Thomas Gainsborough, Rocky Wooded Landscape with Winding Track, late 1770s, pen and black ink with brush and gray wash and white chalk on blue laid paper. Clark Art Institute, gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007.8.71
Select Bibliography
Spink & Son. English Watercolour Drawings. May 1987. London: Spink & Son, Ltd. 1987.
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
[The Leicester Galleries, London, in 1950]; J. Howard Bliss (in 1950, sold to Spink); [Spink & Son, Ltd., London, 1950, no. K3 9185 sold to Andrews]; Mrs. Andrews (in 1950); [Burlington Paintings, London, May–June 1987, sold to Manton, June 1987]; Sir Edwin A. G. Manton, New York (1987–d. 2005); Manton Family Art Foundation (2005–2007, given to the Clark); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2007.
