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A forest road
Painter: Gainsborough, Thomas
History note: With Edward Noyes, Chester; coll. Edmund Peel (1826-1903); his son Major Hugh E.E. Peel (1871-1950); anon. sale (= Major Peel), Christie's, 28 July 1933 (49), bt. for the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Method of acquisition: Given (1933) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Production date: circa AD 1750 : A landscape drawing with much similarity of composition, in 1969 with Sabin Galleries, London, has been dated to the early 1750's.
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Frame
Depth 7.5 cm
Height 84.2 cm
Width 97.2 cm
Canvas
Height 62.8 cm
Width 75.5 cm
Painting (image-making) : Oil on canvas
Accession number: 1654
Primary reference Number: 3253
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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