Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Print made by Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788, British
Title:
Wooded Landscape with Herdsman and Cows
Date:
between 1785 and 1788
Materials & Techniques:
Soft-ground etching with aquatint, in gray ink on thick, slightly textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 5/8 x 14 1/4 inches (29.5 x 36.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, bottom, left to right: "Gainsbro by himself / presented to Sir J.L. by Mrs Gainsbro".
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.11605
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
walking | shadows | herdsman | trees | light | foliage | shepherd | cattle | man | woods | hills | herding | genre subject | landscape | road | herd
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Gainsborough's Prints (Gainsborough's House, 1988-06-11 - 1988-07-03)

The Creative Printmaker (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-07-09 - 1985-09-01)

The Creative Printmaker (Joseph and Margaret Muscarelle Museum of Art, 1986-03-05 - 1986-04-20)

Circa 1800 - The Beginnings of Modern Printmaking (Rutgers University Art Gallery, 1981-03-08 - 1981-04-19)

Circa 1800 - The Beginnings of Modern Printmaking (The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1981-05-12 - 1981-06-28)

English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17)
Publications:
Jay A. Clarke, Landscape, Innovation, and Nostalgia, the Manton collection of British art , Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 2012, pp. 57, 60, fig. 32, N6766 .S74 2012 + OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:31223