1993.238: Landscape with Manor House

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1993.238

People

Thomas Gainsborough, British (Sudbury, England 1727 - 1788 London, England)

Title

Landscape with Manor House

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

c. 1758

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/293559

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite, coated with glue (?), incidental spot of white gouache, on ivory antique laid paper, laid down

Dimensions

15.8 x 19.3 cm (6 1/4 x 7 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Possibly the artist's posthumous sale, Christie's, London, May 11, 1799, lot 82, 84, or 88 (to Hibbert); George Hibbert (1757-1837), Munden House, Aldenham, Hertfordshire; by descent to the Hon. A. H. Holland-Hibbert (1855-1935), Broadclyst House, near Exeter, Devon; his sale, Christie's, London, June 30, 1913, unidentified lot; Walter T. Stern (d. 1952), New York; his daughter, Priscilla S. England; gift to Fogg

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Albert and Priscilla S. England in honor of Agnes Mongan

Accession Year

1993

Object Number

1993.238

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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Publication History

• Edward Saywell, "Guide to Drawing Terms and Techniques", Harvard University Art Museums Bulletin, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1998), vol. VI, no. 2, pp. 30-39, p. 32 under "Graphite"
• Hugh Belsey, "A Second Supplement to John Hayes's 'The Drawings of Thomas Gainsborough'", Master Drawings (Winter 2008), vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 427-541, cat. no. 1040, fig. 64, also p. 447

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