Wooded Landscape with Herdsmen Driving Cattle over a Bridge, Rustic Lovers and Ruined Castle, Thomas Gainsborough

Wooded Landscape with Herdsmen Driving Cattle over a Bridge, Rustic Lovers and Ruined Castle

Thomas Gainsborough (British) (1727-1788)

Movement: Rococo
Date: 1797
Medium: Soft-ground etching and aquatint, hand-colored; third state of three
Dimensions: 32.7 × 39.4 cm
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States
Rights: Public domain
Photograph: Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0

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