FDA-D.254-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.254-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Rocky Wooded Landscape with Figure
Rocky Landscape near Bath, with a Figure
Rocky Landscape near Bath, with a Figure
Title Type
Formal name
Previous title
Previous title
Other number
Pi 81
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 216mm
width (actual size): 292mm
width (actual size): 292mm
Materials & techniques note
Pen and black ink and green, brown and grey wash, varnished
Production
Person
Note
Executed late 1760s
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of W. B. Paterson; by whom sold through Christie's, 9 July 1926 (Lot 48), bought in; Anon sale, Sotheby's, 24 January 1951, Lot 116 (with eight other works); from which sale purchased by Colnaghi; from whom purchased by Alan Pilkington; by whom presented/bequeathed to Eton College
Previous ownership
Pilkington, Alan, 1879 - 1973: Bequeathed to Eton by Alan Pilkington, 1973
Paterson, William Bell, 1859 - 1952: Anon. sale; Christie's London, 9 July 1926, lot 48 Anon. sale; Sotheby's London, 24 January 1951, lot 116 (with 8 others), to Colnaghi
Paterson, William Bell, 1859 - 1952: Anon. sale; Christie's London, 9 July 1926, lot 48 Anon. sale; Sotheby's London, 24 January 1951, lot 116 (with 8 others), to Colnaghi
References
• Hayes, J., The Drawings of Thomas Gainsborough, London, 1970 (p.178, no.300)
