Wooded Landscape with Riders

mid 1780s, published 1797

Thomas Gainsborough (artist); John & Josiah Boydell (publishers)

Associated Names
Thomas Gainsborough

Artist, British, 1727 - 1788

John Boydell

Publisher, British, 1719 - 1804

Josiah Boydell

Publisher, British, 1752 - 1817

The image depicts a wooded path with a group of three riders on horseback traveling from left to right. Tall trees dominate the scene, with no visible horizon due to the tree canopy. The brushstrokes are fluid and loose, with a monochromatic color palette of gray and brown. The path curves into the distance within the forest.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    aquatint on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Andrew W. Mellon Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 18.3 × 24.5 cm (7 3/16 × 9 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 23.7 × 30 cm (9 5/16 × 11 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1976.39.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hayes 1972, no. 14, State ii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1985

  • Landscape Prints from the National Gallery's Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1985, no cat.

Bibliography

1972

  • Hayes, John Trevor. Gainsborough as printmaker. London: A Zwemmer, 1972.

Inscriptions

in plate, at upper left: 12; on separate plate below: Designed & Engraved by Tho.s Gainsborough. / Pub. as the Act directs Aug.t 1. 1797. by J. & J. Boydell. No. 90, Cheapside, & at the Shakspeare Gallery. Pall Mall.

Wikidata ID

Q65578228

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