A cottage, &c.

A cottage, &c.

Item Information

Title:
A cottage, &c.
Description:
Landscape with figures on horseback resting under the shade of a gnarled tree, a cottage nestling in the trees at right. This print was also released in a volume entitled "Imitations of Modern Drawings" which is referenced in the catalogue raisonné.
Artist:
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727-1788
Etcher:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827
Name on Item:
Gainsborough. Rowlandson Sc.
Date:
[1784–1789]
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Soft-ground etchings
Aquatints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings
Series:
Rowlandson's Book: Sketches and Studies
Subjects:
Dwellings
Trees
Extent:
1 print : soft-ground etching and aquatint ; plate mark 26 x 36 cm
Permalink:
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Terms of Use:
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No known restrictions on use.
Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Grego, I, p. 151
Notes (date):
Date from catalogue raisonné.
This date is inferred.
Notes (citation):
Grego, Joseph. "Rowlandson the caricaturist; a selection from his works with anecdotal descriptions of his famous caricatures, in two volumes." London: Chatto and Windus, 1880
Notes (object):
One of 32 prints bound in "Rowlandson's Book: Sketches and Studies, Tomas Rowlandson sculp, 1789. Gainsborough, Barrett, Gilpin, Wheatly Wigstead, Rowlandson delin." This volume was Rowlandson's own copy and bound together for his own use. Page 8.
Identifier:
18_03_000621
Barcode:
36666003811359