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- Title:
Wooded Landscape with Herdsman and Cows
- Date:
- between 1785 and 1788
- Medium:
- Soft-ground etching with aquatint, in gray ink on thick, slightly textured, brown laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 11 5/8 x 14 1/4 inches (29.5 x 36.2 cm), Plate: 10 15/16 x 13 9/16 inches (27.8 x 34.4 cm), Image: 10 1/4 x 12 5/8 inches (26 x 32.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, bottom, left to right: "Gainsbro by himself / presented to Sir J.L. by Mrs Gainsbro".
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.11605
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- cattle | foliage | genre subject | herd | herding | herdsman | hills | landscape | light | man | road | shadows | shepherd | trees | walking | woods
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:31223
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