Landscape with Figures
Thomas Gainsborough|George Frost
18th or early 19th century
Medium
Graphite, brush and gray wash
Dimensions
Sheet: 7 11/16 x 5 7/8 in. (19.5 x 15 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1911
Accession Number
11.66.2
Tags
MenWomenLandscapesTrees
About the Artist
Thomas Gainsborough|George Frost · 1727–1788
Thomas Gainsborough was born on 14 May 1727 in Sudbury, Suffolk, the youngest of nine children to wool dealer John Gainsborough and his wife Mary. Demonstrating prodigious talent from childhood, he sketched landscapes in the local woods and fields, fostering his lifelong passion for the genre. At age thirteen, he moved to London, where he trained under the French engraver and illustrator Hubert-Fr...