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Thomas Gainsborough
1727-1788
Wooded Landscape with Cows in a Pool
ca. 1780-1785
Black wash, lead white watercolor, red chalk, over black chalk, on laid paper.
10 1/4 x 13 1/2 inches (260 x 343 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
III, 63a
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Charles Fairfax Murray (1849-1919), London and Florence; from whom purchased through Galerie Alexandre Imbert, Rome, in 1909 by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), New York (no mark; see Lugt 1509); his son, J.P. Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943), New York.
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Associated names:
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Bibliography:
Bolzoni, Marco S. Thomas Gainsborough : Experiments in Drawings. New York : The Morgan Library & Museum, 2018, p. 79, no. 7, repr.
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, III, 63a.
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