imitator of Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788, British
Title:
Landscape and Cattle
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor over traces of graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper laid down on old mount with black ruled lines, in turn laid on card
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/4 x 14 5/8 inches (28.6 x 37.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink on mount, lower left: "TG" [cropped]; in graphite, center to lower right: [erased inscription]; letterpress [?cat. label], lower left, pasted to old mount on top of graphite inscription above: "370 T. GAINSBOROUGH Landscape and Cattle"; in graphite, verso, center: "D676 / T. Gainsborough RA 1727-1788 | LGD"; erased graphite, verso, lower left: "Thomas Gainsborough | B.1727 - D.1788"; in graphite, verso, lower right: "94" [enclosed in circle]; in graphite, verso, lower center: "Purchased in London [...] sale";
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection