Shepherd Boys and Dog Sheltering from a Storm
c. 1789/1790
Painter, British, 1769 - 1847
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on paper on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 28.5 x 22.8 cm (11 1/4 x 9 in.)
framed: 43.5 x 38.4 x 5.1 cm (17 1/8 x 15 1/8 x 2 in.) -
Accession
1956.9.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Perhaps Philip Vandyck Browne [1801-1868], Shrewsbury. Philip Browne, Shrewsbury, as by Gainsborough.[1] (Bellas), France.[2] Howard Sturges [d. 1955], Providence, Rhode Island, as by Gainsborough; bequest 1956 to NGA.
[1] An ink label on the back of the stretcher is inscribed: "No 53 [3' altered from 2'] by Gainsborough/on paper laid down/on canvas/Lent by/Philip Browne/Shrewsbury." The exhibition cannot be identified, but must have been subsequent to 1898, when the picture was adhered to canvas. Philip Browne may have been a descendant of the artist Philip Vandyck Browne, a prominent citizen of Shrewsbury (information about whom was kindly supplied by Mr. Nigel Gaspas, Keeper, Shrewsbury Museums).
[2] A label from the French shipping company Chenue on the back of the stretcher is inscribed in ink: "Monsieur Bellas/pour Londres." Bellas was presumably a dealer, since the picture was exported as part of a consignment consisting of at least two cases.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 36, repro.
1986
Bishop, Philippa. The Bakers of Bath. Exh. cat. Victoria Art Gallery. Bath, 1986: 13-14, nos. 9, 10, repros.
1992
Hayes, John. British Paintings of the Sixteenth through Nineteenth Centuries. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1992: 7-9, repro. 7.
Wikidata ID
Q20179661