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Thomas Gainsborough

Coastal Scene with Figures, Ships and Buildings,

Description

Maker

  • Thomas Gainsborough

Title

Coastal Scene with Figures, Ships and Buildings

Medium

chalk

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Black and white chalks with stumping on blue laid paper (now faded)

Techniques

  • Black and white chalks with stumping on blue laid paper (now faded)

Supports

  • laid paper

Dimensions

24.1 x 31.1 cm (9 1/2 x 12 1/4 inches)

Type

  • Drawings and Watercolors

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

21.120

About

Coastal Scene with Figures, Ships and Buildings

Old Master Drawings from the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

Projects & Publications

Publications

Old Master Drawings from the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

From Dürer to Van Gogh

June 5 - October 26, 2008

Old Master Drawings

September 2 - October 16, 1983

Exhibition of 18th-Century Drawings and Watercolors

April 16 - December 3, 1948

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Coastal Scene with Figures, Ships and Buildings with the accession number of 21.120. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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