Thomas Gainsborough

Download image: 
Thomas Gainsborough
1727-1788
Wooded Landscape with Group of Figures
ca. 1745
Graphite, on laid paper.
7 7/16 x 5 3/4 inches (188 x 146 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
III, 52
Notes: 

On same mat as III, 49.

Inscription: 

Watermark: Pro Patria, upper part.

Provenance: 
Sir J.C. Robinson (Lugt 1433); Robinson sale, London, Christie's, 21 April 1902, lot 131; Charles Fairfax Murray (1849-1919), London and Florence; from whom purchased through Galerie Alexandre Imbert, Rome, in 1909 by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), New York (no mark; see Lugt 1509); his son, J.P. Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943), New York.
Watermark: 
Associated names: 

Robinson, J. C. (John Charles), Sir, 1824-1913, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Bolzoni, Marco S. Thomas Gainsborough : Experiments in Drawings. New York : The Morgan Library & Museum, 2018, p. 78, no. 2, repr.
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, III, 52, repr.

Artist page: 
School: 
Century: 
Classification: 
Department: