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Wooded landscape with herdsmen on horseback and cows, shepherd and sheep and cottage: PD.13-2010

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Wooded landscape with herdsmen on horseback and cows, shepherd and sheep and cottage

Maker(s)

Gainsborough, Thomas

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Legal notes

Bequeathed by Dr W.M. Keynes, 2009, received 2010

Measurements and weight

Width: 347 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2010) by Keynes, W. M., Dr.

Dating

18th Century
1780 CE - 1785 CE

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Grey watercolour wash
Grey-black watercolour wash
Pen and grey ink
White highlights

Components of the work

Support composed of faded blue paper
Image Height 260 mm

Techniques used in production

Drawing : Pen and grey ink with grey and grey-black wash, heightened with white

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.13-2010
Primary reference Number: 176674

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 12 February 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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