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Wooded landscape with cows beside a pool, figures and a cottage: P.6401-R-8

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Wooded landscape with cows beside a pool, figures and a cottage

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gainsborough, Thomas
Publisher: Boydell, John

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1917) by Murray, Charles Fairfax

Dating

18th Century
Production date: AD 1797

Note

Engraved c.1775-79, according to Hayes. Republished by Boydell, numbered 4 upper left corner.

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Aquatint
Soft-ground etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.6401-R-8
Primary reference Number: 204554
Hayes: 5 ii/ii
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Audit data

Created: Friday 3 July 2015 Updated: Thursday 20 May 2021 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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