- Creator:
- Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788, British
- Title:
- A Moonlit Landscape with Cattle by a Pool
- Date:
- ca. 1780
- Materials & Techniques:
- Soft-ground etching, aquatint, black chalk, white chalk, and gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 10 1/16 × 12 3/4 inches (25.5 × 32.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
- Inscribed in graphite, on back, center: "TGa | 18 3/0 x | Gainsborough"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B2008.24
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- moonlight | evening | cattle | herd | moon | sitting | dog (animal) | reeds | landscape | cottage | farmer | women | men | night | reflections | leisure | pool | farm | orchard | woods
- Currently On View:
- Not on view
- Exhibition History:
- Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11)
- Publications:
- Susan Sloman, Gainsborough in London, Modern Art Press, London, p. 227, no. 162, NJ18.G16 S56 2021 Oversize (YCBA)
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:60928