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Thomas Gainsborough

A Group of Trees by a Pond with a Cottage

Maker

Thomas Gainsborough (English, 1727-1788), designer
John &amp

Title

A Group of Trees by a Pond with a Cottage

Year

1797

Medium

  • soft-ground etching,
  • aquatint

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • soft-ground etching,
  • aquatint

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

Marks: Stamped in brown ink on verso:R.I.S.D./MUSEUM/OF ART surrounded by PROVIDENCE/RHODE ISLANDall inscribed in a circle.

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Walter H. Kimball Fund

Object Number

47.408

Type

  • Prints

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Thomas Gainsborough (English, 1727-1788), designer
John & Josiah Boydell (British), publisher
A Group of Trees by a Pond with a Cottage, 1797
soft-ground etching; aquatint
27.6 x 34.2 cm (10 7/8 x 13 1/2 inches) (plate)
Walter H. Kimball Fund 47.408

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