Thomas Gainsborough
1727-1788
Coastal Scene with Shipping, Figures, and Cows
ca. 1780
11 1/ 4 x 14 9/16 inches (282 x 370 mm)
Black watercolor and white opaque watercolor over black chalk with smudging.
2017.89
Thaw Collection.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: Strasbourg bend, fleur-de-lis above, indecipherable form below shield; cf. Churchill 433).
Associated names
Spencer, Earl, former owner.
Smith, Robert, former owner.
Thaw, Eugene Victor, former owner.
Thaw, Clare, former owner.
Smith, Robert, former owner.
Thaw, Eugene Victor, former owner.
Thaw, Clare, former owner.
Bibliography
Bolzoni, Marco S. Thomas Gainsborough : Experiments in Drawings. New York : The Morgan Library & Museum, 2018, p. 13, fig. 3, repr. and p. 79, no. 11, repr.
Thaw Catalogue Raisonné, 2017, no. 142, repr.
Denison, Cara D. et al. Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Victor Thaw. Part II. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1985, no. 26.
Thaw Catalogue Raisonné, 2017, no. 142, repr.
Denison, Cara D. et al. Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Victor Thaw. Part II. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1985, no. 26.
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Classification
Century Drawings
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