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A Woodman Seated on a Bundle of Faggots

A work made of black chalk with stumping, heightened with touches of white gouache and traces of white chalk, on buff laid paper.
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  • A work made of black chalk with stumping, heightened with touches of white gouache and traces of white chalk, on buff laid paper.

Date:

1787

Artist:

Thomas Gainsborough
English, 1727-1788

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Thomas Gainsborough

Title

A Woodman Seated on a Bundle of Faggots

Place

England (Artist's nationality:)

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1787

Medium

Black chalk with stumping, heightened with touches of white gouache and traces of white chalk, on buff laid paper

Dimensions

48.5 × 29.6 cm (19 1/8 × 11 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Regenstein Collection

Reference Number

1993.175

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