Thomas Gainsborough
Wooded Landscape with Donkey and Figures

Wooded Landscape with Donkey and Figures

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Wooded Landscape with Donkey and Figures
ArtistBritish, 1727–1788
CultureBritish
Titles
  • Wooded Landscape with Donkey and Figures
Datec. 1759
PlaceEngland
MediumGraphite on laid paper
DimensionsSheet: 6 5/16 × 8 1/8 in. (16 × 20.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Stuart Collection, museum purchase funded by Mrs. Robert C. Stuart and Mrs. Philip Koelsch
Object number96.797
Not on view

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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; given to Joshua Kirby (1716-1774); inherited by F.E. Trimmer; [Sotheby's, London, December 22, 1883, no. 357 (with four other drawings)]; purchased by Edward Bell; inherited by Mildred Glanville; given to Donald Towner, London, 1963-1986; [Jill Newhouse Gallery, New York, by 1996]; purchased by MFAH, 1996.
Exhibition History"The Drawings of Thomas Gainsborough: A Loan Exhibition," 1987.

"Landscape Imagery in Works on Paper," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, May 24—September 19, 2004.
Catalogue raisonnéHayes 240

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