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Landscape with Cottage alongside a Road

DrawingsBritish18th century

Landscape with Cottage alongside a Road

c. 1757

Artists

Thomas GainsboroughArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black and white chalk on pale green antique laid paper discolored to tan

Culture

British

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

15 x 20.1 cm (5 7/8 x 7 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Possibly the artist's posthumous sale, Christie's, London, May 11, 1799, lot 82, 84, or 88 (to Hibbert); George Hibbert (1757-1837), Munden House, Aldenham, Hertfordshire; by descent to the Hon. A. H. Holland-Hibbert (1855-1935), Broadclyst House, near Exeter, Devon; his sale, Christie's, London, June 30, 1913, lot 27 (with Hayes 1970, no. 193, to Agnew's); Agnew's, London; Priscilla S. England; gift to Fogg

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