THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH (1727-1788)

Lot 26
23.10.2024 13:00UTC -05:00
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ID 1303501
Lot 26 | THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH (1727-1788)
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$ 5 000 – 7 000
THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH (1727-1788)
Wooded Landscape with two Country Carts and Figures
soft-ground etching
circa 1779-80
on stiff laid paper, without watermark
a very fine impression of the extremely rare first state (of two)
one of a few impressions printed by the artist himself, before the addition of the number 3 at top left and before the posthumous edition issued by J. & J. Boydell, London, 1797
trimmed to or just inside the subject
generally in good condition
Sheet: 11 ½ x 15 3/8 in. (293 x 390 mm.)




Provenance

With William Weston Gallery, London.
Alan and Marianne Schwartz Collection, Detroit; acquired from the above in 1986; then by descent to the present owners.



Literature

Hayes 9



Exhibited

The Detroit Institute of Arts, Master Prints of 5 Centuries: The Alan and Marianne Schwartz Collection, 1990-91, p. 141, n. 133.
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