ATTRIBUTED TO JULIUS CAESAR IBBETSON (LEEDS 1759-1817 MASHAM)
An extensive landscape with chalky banks, winding track, figures and animals
oil on panel
19 7/8 x 24 7/8 in. (50.5 x 63.2 cm.)
ATTRIBUTED TO JULIUS CAESAR IBBETSON (LEEDS 1759-1817 MASHAM)
An extensive landscape with chalky banks, winding track, figures and animals
oil on panel
19 7/8 x 24 7/8 in. (50.5 x 63.2 cm.)
Joseph Salusbury Muskett (1785-1812), Intwood Hall, near Norwich, and by descent to, Colonel William Joseph Unthank (1847-1936), Intwood Hall, near Norwich; his sale, Robinson & Fisher, London, 28 May 1897, lot 177 (to Agnew). Dr. Paul Müller; his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 25 May 1910, lot 23, as Thomas Gainsborough (to Williamson). Acquired circa 1955 by the father of the present owner.
E.H. Waterhouse, Gainsborough, London, 1966, p. 110, no. 868, as Thomas Gainsborough. J. Hayes, The Landscape Paintings of Thomas Gainsborough, London, 1982, I, p. 243, fig.278, II, p. 338, under no. 12.
London, Royal Academy, Old Masters, deceased masters of the British School & English watercolors, 5 January -14 March 1891, no. 1, as Gainsborough.