Thomas Gainsborough
English, 1727–1788
Wooded Landscape with a Cottage and Cows
mid-1770s
| Medium | black chalk, watercolor, and gouache on paper |
| Dimensions | 8 7/16 x 11 9/16 in. (21.5 x 29.4 cm) |
| Object Number | 2007.8.68 |
| Acquisition | Gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007 |
| Status | Off View |
Image Caption
Thomas Gainsborough, Wooded Landscape with a Cottage and Cows, mid-1770s, black chalk, watercolor, and gouache on paper. Clark Art Institute, gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007.8.68
Select Bibliography
Spink & Son. English Watercolour Drawings. Spink & Son, London, April-May 1988; Davis & Langdale, New York, October-November 1989. 1988.
Colnaghi. English Drawings and Watercolours. November 15-December 20, 1979. London: Colnaghi. 1979.
Hayes, John. "Gainsborough Drawings: A Supplement to the Catalogue Raisonne." Master Drawings. 21.4 (Winter 1983). 1983.
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
[P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Ltd., London, by 1977–1979]; Mrs. Charles Ward-Jackson; Kimbell Art Museum; Kimbell Art Foundation, sale, Sotheby’s, London, 16 July 1987, no. 96, sold to Spink; [Spink & Son, Ltd., London, 1987–1994, no. K3 9477, sold to Manton, May 1994]; Sir Edwin A. G. Manton, New York (1994–d. 2005); Manton Family Art Foundation (2005–2007, given to the Clark); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2007.
