Gray and black wash with black chalk, pen and black ink, heightened with white chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, set into contemporary mount
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 7/8 x 14 1/4 inches (27.6 x 36.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in William Esdaile's hand in pen and brown ink, on border of old mount: "Gainsborough"; inscribed in William Esdaile's hand in pen and brown ink, verso, lower left: "1825 WE - Bakers sale N95X" (now on slip of paper in docket)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.6066
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
herdsman | clouds | landscape | grass | water | cows | man | path | horse (animal) | pool | trees
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Sensation and Sensibility: Viewing Gainsborough's " Cottage Door " (Yale Center for British Art, 2005-10-06 - 2005-12-31)Sensation and Sensibility: Viewing Gainsborough's " Cottage Door " (The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, 2006-02-11 - 2006-05-14)