Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788, British
Title:
Wooded Landscape with Shepherd and Sheep
Date:
between 1765 and 1770
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink with black and gray wash, heavily varnished on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, laid down on laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 7/8 x 9 1/4 inches (17.5 x 23.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, verso, upper right: "Gainsborough (underlined) G"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.1199
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
shepherd | foliage | landscape | rocks (landforms) | flock | trees | grass | path | sheep
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Thomas Gainsborough Drawings (Davis & Langdale Co., Inc., 1987-05-01 - 1987-06-12)

Gainsborough Drawings - International Exhibitions Foundation (National Gallery of Art, 1983-10-02 - 1983-12-04)

Gainsborough Drawings - International Exhibitions Foundation (Kimbell Art Museum, 1983-12-17 - 1984-02-19)
Publications:
John T. Hayes, Gainsborough drawings, International Exhibitions Foundation, Washington, D.C., 1983, pp. 114-15, no. 47, NJ18 G16 H392 (YCBA)

Painting in England 1700-1850 : collection of Mr. & Mrs. Paul Mellon : Exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, , 1,2, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1963, p. 62, no. 62, ND466 V57 v.1-2 (YCBA)

Andrew Wilton, The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1980, pp. 11, 55-6, no. 153, pl. 12, NJ18 C83 W55 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:9631