Study of a House and Shed in a Wooded Valley

c. 1783

Medium	graphite on beige laid paper, fixed with gum
Dimensions	Sheet: 5 9/16 x 7 7/16 in. (14.1 x 18.9 cm)
Object Number	2007.8.73
Acquisition	Gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007
Status	Off View

Image Caption

Thomas Gainsborough, Study of a House and Shed in a Wooded Valley, c. 1783, graphite on beige laid paper, fixed with gum. Clark Art Institute, gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007.8.73

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

Possibly, sale, Christie’s, 11 May 1799, no. 82, 84, or 88, sold to Hibbert; George Hibbert (in 1799); Princess Adelgunde Marie Auguste Therese von Hohenzollern, given to von Werner; given to Anna von Werner, her lady-in-waiting (in 1943); sale, Christie’s, London, 8 Apr. 1997, lot 3, sold to Ackermann & Johnson, as agent for Manton; Sir Edwin A. G. Manton, New York (1997–d. 2005); Manton Family Art Foundation (2005– 2007, given to the Clark); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2007.