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

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

Thomas Gainsborough (British) (1727-1788)

Movement
Rococo
Date
c. 1780
Medium
Black chalk, brush and brown wash
Dimensions
23.2 × 27.7 cm
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States
Rights
Public domain
Photograph
Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0

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