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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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18th century
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laid paper
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aquatint
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brown chalk
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gray ink
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gray wash
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soft-ground etching
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white chalk
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drawing
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intaglio print
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landscape
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herdsman
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shepherd
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trees
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cattle
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herd
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herding
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hills
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man
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Circa 1800 - The Beginnings of Modern Printmaking (Rutgers University Art Gallery, 1981-03-08 - 1981-04-19)
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Circa 1800 - The Beginnings of Modern Printmaking (The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1981-05-12 - 1981-06-28)
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Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11)
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English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17)
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Gainsborough's Prints (Gainsborough's House, 1988-06-11 - 1988-07-03)
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Sensation and Sensibility: Viewing Gainsborough's " Cottage Door " (The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, 2006-02-11 - 2006-05-14)
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Sensation and Sensibility: Viewing Gainsborough's " Cottage Door " (Yale Center for British Art, 2005-10-06 - 2005-12-31)
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The Creative Printmaker (Joseph and Margaret Muscarelle Museum of Art, 1986-03-05 - 1986-04-20)
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The Creative Printmaker (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-07-09 - 1985-09-01)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Print made by Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Wooded Landscape with Herdsman and Cows
between 1785 and 1788
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Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Open Landscape with Figures, Cows and Cottage
between 1785 and 1788