A Rocky Wooded Landscape with a Figure by a Stream

1781

Thomas Gainsborough

Associated Names
Thomas Gainsborough

Artist, British, 1727 - 1788

The image shows a landscape with a small figure standing among trees. The horizon is not clearly defined but is indicated by a line of trees. The artwork is monochrome, likely using ink or watercolor with expressive brushstrokes creating a textured effect. The foreground has darker, dense foliage while the background has lighter, softer colors resembling clouds. The color palette consists of black, gray, and white tones.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black and gray wash with pen and black ink on tan laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Donald Stone

  • Dimensions

    overall: 28.5 × 40.2 cm (11 1/4 × 15 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2022.40.56

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Earl of St. Germans, Port Eliot; by descent; (P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, after 1970); purchased 1978 by Donald Stone, New York [1942 - 2020]; bequest to NGA, 2022.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2023

  • Drawing in Britain, 1700 - 1900: New Additions to the Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2023.

Bibliography

1970

  • Hayes, John. The Drawings of Thomas Gainsborough. 2 vols. London and New Haven: Yale University Press, 1970 and 1971: 38 and no. 494, 223; pl. 160.

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