Image

RISDM 47-409.tif

Thomas Gainsborough

A Man on Horseback Driving Three Cows across a Bridge

Description

Maker

Thomas Gainsborough (English, 1727-1788)
John & Josiah Boydell (British), publisher

Title

A Man on Horseback Driving Three Cows across a Bridge

Year

1797

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

soft-ground etching

Supports

Dimensions

Image/plate: 32.7 x 39.3 cm (12 7/8 x 15 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Verso:inscribed in pencil in LR:3266In Plate--Inscribed in LL:Designed & Engraved by Tho.s Gainsborough; inscribed in LC:Pub.d as the Act directs Aug.t 1 1797, by J & J Boydell No. 90 Cheapside; & at the Shakespeare (sic) Gallery, Pall-Mall.; numbered, UL: 1

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

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Walter H. Kimball Fund

Object Number

47.409

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Landscape Tradition in Printmaking
Jan 19, 1990 – Apr 22, 1990
Recent Acquisitions of the Print Room
Sep 28, 1948 – Oct 30, 1948

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Tombstone

Thomas Gainsborough (English, 1727-1788)
John & Josiah Boydell (British), publisher
A Man on Horseback Driving Three Cows across a Bridge, 1797
Soft-ground etching on paper
Image/plate: 32.7 x 39.3 cm (12 7/8 x 15 1/2 inches)
Walter H. Kimball Fund 47.409

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