Thomas Gainsborough (R.A.) 1727-1788)
A wooded landscape with a herdsman reclining near a weir, c.1753
oil on canvas
77.5 x 94 cm. (30 ½ x 37 in.)
Provenance
Probably the painting with Panton Betew in 1764; Gooden and Fox circa 1939; Arthur Churchman, Baron Woodbridge of Ipswich (1867–1949); The Hon Mrs Burnett, his daughter; and by descent.Exhibitions
On loan to Gainsborough’s House, Sudbury, 2001–2009.Engraved in reverse by William Austin, and published by John Ryall, 1764, as in the possession of Panton Betew.
Literature
Ellis Waterhouse, Gainsborough, 1958, p.108, no.839;Basil Taylor, Painting in England 1700–1850, catalogue of the 'Collection of Mrs and Mrs Paul Mellon' exhibited at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1963, p.52;
John Hayes, The Landscape Paintings of Thomas Gainsborough, 1982, vol.II, p.366;
To be included by Hugh Belsey in any supplement to The Landscape Paintings of Thomas Gainsborough.