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Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788, British, A Moonlit Landscape with Cattle by a Pool, ca. 1780
- Title:
A Moonlit Landscape with Cattle by a Pool
- Date:
- ca. 1780
- Medium:
- Soft-ground etching, aquatint, black chalk, white chalk, and gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 10 1/16 × 12 3/4 inches (25.5 × 32.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on back, center: "TGa | 18 3/0 x | Gainsborough"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B2008.24
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- cattle | cottage | dog (animal) | evening | farm | farmer | herd | landscape | leisure | men | moon | moonlight | night | orchard | pool | reeds | reflections | sitting | women | woods
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:60928
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Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Susan Sloman, Gainsborough in London, Modern Art Press, London, p. 227, no. 162, NJ18.G16 S56 2021 Oversize (YCBA) [YCBA]
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