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Woods Near a Village with Rabbit Catchers and Their Greyhounds

late 1750s

Thomas Gainsborough

Associated Names

Thomas Gainsborough

Artist, British, 1727 - 1788

The image depicts a landscape sketch viewed from a slightly elevated perspective. Various elements are visible in the scene, such as a row of trees in the distance that hides the horizon. Two dogs are near a stream or puddle, with two figures standing nearby and holding long sticks. In the background, a herd of cows grazes. The sketch uses soft, flowing lines with graphite shading to capture the scene in a monochromatic color palette of shades of grey and black.

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Artwork overview

Medium

graphite on laid paper
Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Iola S. Haverstick in memory of her father, Eugene W. Stetson, and in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
Dimensions

overall: 26.1 x 36.8 cm (10 1/4 x 14 1/2 in.)
Accession Number

1991.152.1
Catalogue Raisonné

Hayes 1983, no. 911, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

John Deffett Francis (Lugt 1445)

Associated Names

Haverstick, Iola S. Mrs.

Exhibition History

1992

Dürer to Diebenkorn: Recent Acquisitions of Art on Paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1992, no. 31.

2002

Thomas Gainsborough, 1727-1788, Tate Britain, London; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2002-2003, (shown only in Washington).

Bibliography

1983

Hayes, John. "Gainsborough Drawings: A Supplement to the Catalogue Raisonne." Master Drawings, XXI, no. 4 (1983): 367-391.

1992

Leger, A Century of Art Dealing, 1892-1992. London, 1992, 74.

2003

Thomas Gainsborough, Themes and Variations-The Art of Landscape. Lowell Libson Ltd., London, at W. M. Brady & Co., New York, 2003: fig. 25 (image switched with fig. 27).

Markings

Henry S. Reitlinger

Wikidata ID

Q64633212

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