Live Auction 17081Old Master and British Drawings and Watercolours Including Works from the Collection of Jean Bonna
Thomas Gainsborough, R.A. (Sudbury, Suffolk 1727-1788 London)
Lot 150

Thomas Gainsborough, R.A. (Sudbury, Suffolk 1727-1788 London)

A country track with houses

Closed2 July 2019

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GBP 22,500

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Thomas Gainsborough, R.A. (Sudbury, Suffolk 1727-1788 London)
A country track with houses
signed with monogram (lower right)
pencil, black chalk and watercolour
9 3/8 x 11 7/8 in. (23.8 x 30.2 cm.)

with Anthony Mould, London.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 14 November 1996, lot 65.

Specialist note

Hugh Belsey dates this drawing to circa 1763. It is an unusual subject for Gainsborough, although the mansion in the background is similar to the classical building in the background of a drawing now known only from a print by John Laporte. The gold monogram implies that this was a presentation drawing, and it is possible that the recipient had a hand in determining the composition.
We are grateful to Hugh Belsey for his help in preparing this catalogue entry.