Thomas Gainsborough
Landscape with Trees and a Field, a Church Tower in the Distance

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Artist Thomas GainsboroughBritish, 1727–1788

CultureBritish

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Landscape with Trees and a Field, a Church Tower in the Distance

Date1746–1747

MediumOil on prepared paper mounted on a cradled wooden panel

DimensionsPanel (approximately): 10 1/4 × 8 1/16 in. (26 × 20.4 cm)

Credit LineThe Stuart Collection, museum purchase funded by Francita Stuart Koelsch Ulmer, in honor of Sybilla Eliza Juliet Yarker

Object number2021.390

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Prints and Drawings

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ProvenanceThe Reverend John Eagles (1783-1855), 1824 [1]; H. de C. Harston, Fermain, Guernsey, Channel Islands; [London, Christie’s, Anonymous sale (“The Property of a Gentleman”), 24 April, 1987, lot 44]; there acquired by Richard L. Feigen (1930-2021), 1987-2021; estate of Richard L. Feigen, 2021; [New York, Sotheby’s, Collector, Dealer, Connoisseur: The Vision of Richard L. Feigen, 18 October 2021, lot 32]; purchased by MFAH, 2021.

[1] John Eagles was a curate at St. Nicholas’ church in Bristol from 1812 to 1822 and was a keen amateur artist. He was also a critic of Blackwood’s Magazine. See William T. Whitley, Art in England (1821-1837) (Cambridge: 1930), p. 300.

Catalogue raisonnéHayes, 1982

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