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Rural landscape with a woman and a little boy walking beside a duck pond: 31.K.4-42

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Rural landscape with a woman and a little boy walking beside a duck pond

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Vivarès, François
Painter: Gainsborough, Thomas (After)

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount

Dating

18th Century
Production date: AD 1765

Note

Unfinished proof.

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Thos. Gainsborough pinxit
  • Location: Plate lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Name
  • Text: Frans. Vivares Sculpsit
  • Location: Plate lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Name
  • Text: Engraved from an Original Picture in the possession of Mr Panton Betew / Publish'd by F. Vivares March 1765.
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: Fx99-B
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Inscription

Identification numbers

Accession number: 31.K.4-42
Primary reference Number: 184694

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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