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Thomas Gainsborough

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Soft brown wash landscape with a winding path, dark trees, resting cattle on the left, and a hazy distant mountain.

Landscape and Cattle

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a dense wooded landscape with large trees, shadowed undergrowth and rocky ground on grey paper.

Wooded Landscape with Herdsman, Cows and Cottage

1785

Grey wash drawing of horseback travellers on a road approaching a village with a church spire and trees.

Travellers on Horseback Approaching a Village with a Spire

1765

Pencil sketch of a milkmaid with a pail beside a wooden stile, with a figure in a wide hat and trees behind.

A Milkmaid Climbing a Stile

1750

Brown wash drawing of gnarled trees, a peasant with a staff, two donkeys on a path, and a distant cottage.

Wooded Landscape with Peasant and Donkeys

Soft charcoal sketch of a young girl holding a small child close against her shoulder on beige paper.

A Young Girl Holding a Child

1780

Sepia wash drawing of a wooded landscape with trees, a seated shepherd, sheep grazing, and a distant view.

Wooded Landscape with Shepherd and Sheep

1765

Pencil sketch of a seated man in a wide hat gazing into a Claude glass, with a separate study of the mirror above.

Man Holding a Claude Glass

Grey wash drawing of a thatched cottage under a gnarled tree with figures at its doorway and a walker on the road.

Wooded Landscape with Figures outside a Cottage Door

1775

Brown and ochre wash drawing of a woodland pool with rocks beneath a leaning tree and foliage.

A Woodland Pool with Rocks and Plants

1765

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a wooded landscape with a leaning tree and small figures beside a pond.

Wooded Landscape with Figures

1788

Grey wash landscape drawing of a horse-drawn cart on a road beneath large trees, with figures and a bare stump at right.

Wooded Landscape with Country Cart and Figures

1785

Brown wash landscape of a horseback rider and walker with a dog near a stream and stone bridge under trees.

Hilly Landscape with Figures Approaching a Bridge

1763

Grey wash drawing of a covered cart and horsemen on a country road beneath a tree and misty hills.

Open Landscape with Horsemen and Covered Cart

1780

Pencil drawing of a sunlit path winding through a wood, with tall trees and dense shadowed foliage on both sides.

A Sunlit Path through a Wood

1750/59

Grey wash drawing of trees in a wood, with a fallen log in the foreground and two small figures at the left.

Trees in a wood

Grey-toned drawing of a forest path with tall trees, a rocky hill, and a grazing animal on the right.

Forest landscape

Grey wash drawing of an open landscape with a herdsman, cows, grazing sheep, a leaning tree, and a pool under cloudy skies.

Open Landscape with Herdsman, Cows, and Sheep

ca. 1785

Grey chalk drawing of a mountain landscape with a leaning tree, distant valley, buildings and a winding path.

Mountain Landscape with Figures and Buildings

mid-to-late 1780s

Watercolor woodland scene of a peasant leading a horse and cart along a forest path beside a pond.

Woodland Scene with a Peasant, a Horse, and a Cart

ca. 1760

Sepia drawing of a figure resting with a donkey on a path beside large trees, with horses in the distance.

A Rest by the Way (Open Landscape with Figures, Donkey and Horses)

ca. 1780

Soft green wash landscape of a thatched cottage, grazing cows and sheep, and windswept trees under dramatic clouds.

Wooded Landscape with Cottage, Cows and Sheep

ca. 1770

Monochrome chalk drawing of a wooded landscape with a winding path, distant hills, and small boats on water under clouds.

Coastal View

1786/88

Grey wash drawing of a woody landscape with a cottage, a pond, a cloaked figure and a small boat on tan paper.

Woody landscape with horseman near a pond by a cottage

Wash drawing of a hilly landscape with trees, a winding path, a shepherd on a rise, resting sheep, and a distant peak.

Hilly Landscape with Shepherd and Flock

n.d.

Gray wash drawing of a man driving a horse cart along a dirt road beside a lake, with trees on both sides.

Man in Horse-Drawn Cart Beside Lake

n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a rocky wooded landscape with trees, a small figure by a stream, and a cloudy sky.

A Rocky Wooded Landscape with a Figure by a Stream

1781