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Thomas Gainsborough R.A.
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description
- Thomas Gainsborough R.A.
- Study of a Bullock Cart on a Winding Track with nearby Cottage
- stamped l.l. with the collectors mark of William Esdaile (Lugt 2617)
- pencil on laid paper, partly watermarked: GR
- 19.1 by 16.6 cm.; 7 1/2 by 6 1/2 in.
Provenance
George Baker, his sale in these Rooms, 16 June 1825, lot 353 (with three others), bt. Thane;
William Esdaile (1758-1837), his sale, Christie's, London, 20-21 March, 1838;
Sabin Galleries, London, 1975;
Robert Simon Fine Art, New York
Exhibited
London, Sabin Galleries, Spring Exhibtion, Arpil 1975, no. 60
Literature
John Hayes, Gainsborough Drawings: a supplement to the Catalogue Raisonné, Master Drawings, 19783, vol. XXI, p. 382, no. 907
Catalogue Note
The present work has been dated to the late 1750s, when the artist was living at Ipswich. We would like to thank Hugh Belsey for his help in cataloguing this lot.