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Thatched barn with a child standing by a pool in a landscape: R.D.?

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Thatched barn with a child standing by a pool in a landscape

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Gainsborough, Thomas

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: Wellesley; H.S. Reitlinger

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991.

Measurements and weight

Height: 348 mm
Width: 449 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

Production date: AD 1866

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

White chalk
Black chalk

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Drawing : Black and white chalk on brown laid paper

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: T. Gainsborough / Welles. Colln. (no. 537) / F.J. Palgrave[?] 1866 / OM Exh / 1879
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: Exhibited at the Old Masters' Exhibition Royal Academy 1879
  • Location: Mount, lower left of drawing
  • Method of creation: Gold
  • Text: Coll. Wellesley
  • Location: Mount, lower right of drawing
  • Method of creation: Gold
  • Text: Born / 1727 / T. GAINSBOROUGH R.A. / Died / 1788.
  • Location: Mount, below
  • Method of creation: Gold

Identification numbers

Accession number: R.D.?
Primary reference Number: 81794
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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