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Wooded Landscape with Herdsman Driving Cattle over a Bridge, with Rustic Lovers and Ruined Castle
1779-178018th century
300 x 394 mm (11.8 x 15.5 in.)
Thomas Gainsborough, British (English), (1727–1788)
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- plate Dimensions: 300 x 394 mm (11.8 x 15.5 in.)
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Thomas Gainsborough, British (English), (1727–1788) . Wooded Landscape with Herdsman Driving Cattle over a Bridge, with Rustic Lovers and Ruined Castle, 1779-1780. Etching and soft-ground etching printed in brown ink on wove paper. Second of two states. plate : 300 x 394 mm (11.8 x 15.5 in.). DAC accession number 1960.13.4. Purchase funds, 1960. Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (photo: T. Rodriguez) .
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