attributed to Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788, British
Title:
Wooded Landscape with Peasant Reading an Inscription on a Tombstone beside a Ruined Church, Figures, Donkey, Sheep and Distant Mountains
Date:
1742
Materials & Techniques:
Black chalk and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/2 x 15 inches (29.2 x 38.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Watermark: Amsterdam
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.4711
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
hill | peasant | landscape | tombstone | genre subject | ruins | graveyard | church | man | mountain | donkey | trees | sheep
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17)
Publications:
British Art at Yale, Apollo, v.105, April 1977, pp. 270, 272, fig. 5, N1 .A54 + OVERSIZE (YCBA)Graham Reynolds, English Landscape 1630-1850, Apollo, vol.105, April 1977, pp. 270, 272, fig. 5, N1 A54 105:2 + (YCBA)