Fine Old Masters & 19th Century Paintings - 9th December 2015

Lot 227

Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) A watering place - wooded landscape with cows and two figures...

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Description

Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788)

A watering place - wooded landscape with cows and two figures

Etching with aquatint, c.1776/77, published 1820 by Boydell

27.5 x 34.25cm; 10¾ x 13½in (plate size)

Provenance:

William Weston Gallery, 1984, No. 10065/1

The Estate of Peter James Rankin

Literature:

John Hayes, Gainsborough as Printmaker, p.446, illustrated 117b