Thomas Gainsborough
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Thomas Gainsborough
1727-1788
Coastal Scene with Shipping, Figures, and Cows
ca. 1780
Black watercolor and white opaque watercolor over black chalk with smudging.
11 1/ 4 x 14 9/16 inches (282 x 370 mm)
Thaw Collection.
2017.89
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Watermark: Strasbourg bend, fleur-de-lis above, indecipherable form below shield; cf. Churchill 433).
Provenance:
Earl Spencer (Lugt S. 2341a); by descent; Thos. Agnew & Sons Ltd., London; Robert Smith, Washington D.C.; David Carritt, Ltd., London; Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw, New York.
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Associated names:
Spencer, Earl, former owner.
Smith, Robert, former owner.
Thaw, Eugene Victor, former owner.
Thaw, Clare, former owner.
Bibliography:
Bolzoni, Marco S. Thomas Gainsborough : Experiments in Drawings. New York : The Morgan Library & Museum, 2018, p. 13, fig. 3, repr. and p. 79, no. 11, repr.
Thaw Catalogue Raisonné, 2017, no. 142, repr.
Denison, Cara D. et al. Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Victor Thaw. Part II. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1985, no. 26.
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