Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788, British
Title:
Wooded Landscape with Herdsmen and Cattle, Buildings on a Hill, and Rustic Lovers
Date:
ca. 1770
Materials & Techniques:
Black chalk, white chalk, gray wash and stumping on thin, slightly textured, light blue laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/2 x 13 inches (26.7 x 33 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Collector's stamp verso, lower left, initials contained in oval: "J.P.H." (Lugt 1507)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund and Iola S. Haverstick Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2004.7
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
lovers | tower (building division) | river | castle | trees | hill | mountain | landscape | birds | cows | cattle | sheep | herdsmen | sky
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11)

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)

Recent Acquisitions - Summer 2005 (Yale Center for British Art, 2006-05-19 - 2006-08-14)
Publications:
Angus Trumble, Object Lesson, Two kandscapes by Gainsborough , Yale Alumni Magazine, v. 69, no, 1, September/October, 2005, p. 58, Yh10 +A2 (SML Mss & Arvives AND LSF) Also available online at www.yalealumnimagazine.com
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:53369