Drover with Calves in a Country Cart

Provenance

Probably a gift of the artist to Goodenough Earle, Barton Grange, Somerset; by descent to Francis Wheat Newton; sold 1913 to (Thomas Agnew & Sons, London); sold that same year to (M. Knoedler & Co., New York); sold 1914 to C.R. Williams. Howard Sturges [d. 1955]; gift 1956 to NGA.

Drover with Calves in a Country Cart

Gainsborough, Thomas

c. 1755

Accession Number

1956.9.25

Medium

graphite with gray wash on laid paper

Dimensions

overall (approximate): 24.1 x 29.2 cm (9 1/2 x 11 1/2 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Gift of Howard Sturges