Thomas Gainsborough, R.A.

Possibly Sir Edward Poynter, 1^st Bt. (1836-1919) (L.874);
Sir Michael Sadler (1861-1943) (L.1915c);
H.C. Green;
his sale, London, Sotheby's, 18 October 1961, lot 63, to Spink's;
with Spink's, London, by whom sold in 1961 to G.D. Lockett;
with The Fine Art Society, by whom sold to C.F. Petersen;
with The Fine Art Society, by 1967, by whom sold in 1967 to Walter Brandt

Suffolk, Ickworth House, Exhibition of English Water-colours of the Great Period, 1968, no. 29  

M. Woodall, Gainsborough's Drawings, London 1939, p. 281;
J. Hayes, The Drawings of Thomas Gainsborough, London 1970, p. 238, no. 563

The medium has generally remained well preserved in this work. There are however, small areas where the chalk pigment has been slightly rubbed. The paper has suffered from minor discolouration and there is a small foxmark located in the upper left hand corner of the sheet. The work has been laid down.
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