Fine Old Masters & 19th Century Paintings - 9th December 2015
Lot 228
Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) Wooded landscape with peasant reading a tombstone Etching
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £850
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Description
Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788)
Wooded landscape with peasant reading a tombstone
Etching, c.1780, published 1797 by Boydell
30 x 39.25cm; 11¾ x 15½in
Provenance:
Elizabeth Harvey-Lee, 1995
The estate of Peter J. Rankin
Literature:
John Hayes, Gainsborough as Printmaker, No. 10, p.66-71