Wooded Landscape with Peasant Reading an Inscription on a Tombstone beside a Ruined Church, Figures, Donkey, Sheep and Distant Mountains

Thomas Gainsborough1742

Details

Title: Wooded Landscape with Peasant Reading an Inscription on a Tombstone beside a Ruined Church, Figures, Donkey, Sheep and Distant Mountains
Creator: attributed to Thomas Gainsborough RA, 1727–1788, British
Creator Lifespan: 1727/1788
Creator Nationality: British
Creator Gender: male
Date Created: 1742
Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 11 1/2 x 15 inches (29.2 x 38.1 cm)
Subject Keywords: donkey, genre subject, landscape, church, ruins, tombstone, trees, graveyard, hill, mountain, peasant, man, sheep
External Link: See this work of art on the Yale Center for British Art website
Medium: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Repository Name: Yale Center for British Art
Credit Line: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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