Wooded Landscape with Two Country Carts and Figures

Thomas Gainsborough1779-1780

Details

Title: Wooded Landscape with Two Country Carts and Figures
Creator: Thomas Gainsborough
Date Created: 1779-1780
Subject Keywords: animals, genre, landscapes (representations)
Signatures / Inscriptions: Inscribed in separate plate, lower left: “Designed & Engraved by Thos. Gainsborough”
Print State: Only state, with numeral “3” in upper left erased
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Purchase funds, 1960
Materials & Techniques: Soft-ground etching printed in brown ink on wove paper
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Edition: Published Aug. 1, 1797 by J & J. Boydell (with a separate plate added for inscription below image; inscription plate below image plate is trimmed to 5 mm. of top, just below inscription)
Dimensions: 1788
Bibliography: Hayes 9; Woodall 13
Associated People: Created by Thomas Gainsborough (British (English), 1727-1788)
Accession Number: 1960.13.5

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