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Thomas Gainsborough, designer

A Group of Trees by a Pond with a Cottage, 1797

Description

Maker

  • Thomas Gainsborough, 1727-1788, English, designer
  • John & Josiah Boydell, British, publisher

Title

A Group of Trees by a Pond with a Cottage

Year

1797

Medium

soft-ground etching; aquatint

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • aquatint,
  • soft-ground etching

Supports

  • Medium weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

27.6 x 34.2 cm (10 7/8 x 13 1/2 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Verso:inscribed in pencil in LR:3267In Plate--inscribed in LL:Designed & Engraved by Thos. Gainsborough; inscribed LC: Pub.das the Act directs Aug.1. 1797, by J. & J Boydell, No. 90 Cheapside; & at the Shakespeare Gallery, Pall Mall

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Walter H. Kimball Fund

Object Number

47.408

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is A Group of Trees by a Pond with a Cottage with the accession number of 47.408. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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