FDA-D.255-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.255-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Mountain Landscape with Shepherd, Sheep and Bridge
Title Type
Formal name
Comments
An experimental technique used by Gainsborough in the 1780s.
Other number
Pi 80
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 203mm
width (actual size): 267mm
width (actual size): 267mm
Inscription
Inscribed with the artist's initials 'TG' in the lower left margin
Materials & techniques note
Charcoal and brown wash on grey-blue paper, with gilt arabesque border
Production
Person
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727 - 1788 (Artist)
Date
Mid-late 1780s
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: With Colnaghi, London; from whom purchased by Alan Pilkington; by whom presented/bequeathed to Eton College
References
• Hayes, J., The Drawings of Thomas Gainsborough, London, 1970 (p.269, no.701)
