Print made by Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788, British
Title:
Wooded Landscape with Herdsman Driving Cattle over a Bridge, Rustic Lovers and Ruined Castle
Date:
between 1779 and 1780
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and soft-ground etching on medium, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 × 15 3/8 inches (30.5 × 39.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in black chalk, verso, upper left: "C"; in graphite, verso, lower right: "Thomas Gaionsborough | (IR 230/33)"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1978.43.233
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
genre subject | landscape | tower (building division) | building | bridge (built work) | trees | shepherds | water | woman | man | horse (animal) | cattle | cows | birds
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11)The Early Modern Painter - Etcher (Arthur Ross Gallery, 2006-04-14 - 2006-06-11)The Early Modern Painter - Etcher (Smith College Museum of Art, 2006-09-02 - 2006-10-28)The Early Modern Painter - Etcher (Ringling Museum of Art, 2006-07-01 - 2006-08-19)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)