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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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18th century
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gray wash
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landscape
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landscape
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shepherd
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Gainsborough Drawings - International Exhibitions Foundation (Kimbell Art Museum, 1983-12-17 - 1984-02-19)
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Gainsborough Drawings - International Exhibitions Foundation (National Gallery of Art, 1983-10-02 - 1983-12-04)
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Recent Acquisitions - Summer 2005 (Yale Center for British Art, 2006-05-19 - 2006-08-14)
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Sensation and Sensibility: Viewing Gainsborough's " Cottage Door " (The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, 2006-02-11 - 2006-05-14)
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Sensation and Sensibility: Viewing Gainsborough's " Cottage Door " (Yale Center for British Art, 2005-10-06 - 2005-12-31)
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Thomas Gainsborough Drawings (Davis & Langdale Co., Inc., 1987-05-01 - 1987-06-12)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund and Iola S. Haverstick Fund
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Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Wooded Landscape with Herdsmen and Cattle, Buildings on a Hill, and Rustic Lovers
ca. 1770
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Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Wooded Landscape with Shepherd and Sheep
between 1765 and 1770