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Thomas Gainsborough, R.A. (Sudbury, Suffolk 1727-1788 London)
Lot 190

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

A landscape with a shepherd and his dog, his flock resting by a dune in the foreground

Closed4 July 2012

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GBP 27,500

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Thomas Gainsborough, R.A. (Sudbury, Suffolk 1727-1788 London)
A landscape with a shepherd and his dog, his flock resting by a dune in the foreground
oil on canvas
11¼ x 13 in. (28.5 x 33 cm.)

with John Levy Galleries, New York, until 1926, when sold to
Erskine P. Thom, Los Angeles, and by inheritance to the present owner.

Specialist note

John Hayes (private communication, 16 December 2004) commented that this picture is 'in style and subject close to a series of small landscapes that Gainsborough exhibited in his studio at Schomberg House, Pall Mall, in 1786'. The simple composition with the centrally-placed shepherd and his dog can be compared with the small landscape, of similar dimensions (11 7/8 x 13 7/8 in.), in the City Art Gallery, Manchester (1786; see J. Hayes, The Landscape Paintings of Thomas Gainsborough, A Critical Text and Catalogue Raisonné, London, 1982, pp. 542-543, no. 163).