Thomas Gainsborough

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Thomas Gainsborough
1727-1788
Rocky Wooded Landscape with Pool
ca. 1765-1770
Pen and black ink and wash, brown wash, over black chalk, varnished.
7 7/8 x 9 13/16 inches (199 x 250 mm)
Gift of Mrs. Rudolph J. Heinemann.
1992.23
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Watermark: none visible in raking light.

Provenance: 
Miss E.M.M. Brenton; Brenton sale, London, Christie's, 24 February 1956, part of lot 3; Thomas Agnew and Son, Ltd., London; Rudolf and Lore Heinemann, New York.
Associated names: 

Brenton, E. M. M., Miss, former owner.
Heinemann, Rudolf J., former owner.
Heinemann, Lore, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Bolzoni, Marco S. Thomas Gainsborough : Experiments in Drawings. New York : The Morgan Library & Museum, 2018, p. 79, no. 8, repr.

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