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Print

1797 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Soft ground etching, coloured by hand, depicting a rough landscape with trees and cattle crossing a bridge before a ruin in the background. Two figures, a man and a woman, are seated on the parapet of the bridge, wearing rustic dress and holding a staff. Lettered with artist's name and date.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft ground etching, coloured by hand
Brief description
Soft ground etching, coloured by hand, depicting a landscape with cattle crossing a bridge and a ruin in the background, by Thomas Gainsborough. Great Britain, 1797.
Physical description
Soft ground etching, coloured by hand, depicting a rough landscape with trees and cattle crossing a bridge before a ruin in the background. Two figures, a man and a woman, are seated on the parapet of the bridge, wearing rustic dress and holding a staff. Lettered with artist's name and date.
Dimensions
  • Height: 32.1cm
  • Width: 39.5cm
Dimensions taken from Miller, Elizabeth. Hand Coloured British Prints. London: Published by Trustees of the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1987.
Marks and inscriptions
Designed and Engraved by Thos Gainsborough. Pubd as the Act directs, Aug. 1. 1797, by J. & J. Boydell, No 90, Cheapside, & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall-Mall.
Credit line
Given by Henry J. Pfungst, F.S.A.
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Bibliographic reference
Miller, Elizabeth. Hand Coloured British Prints. London: Published by Trustees of the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1987.
Collection
Accession number
E.603-1916

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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