Wooded Upland Landscape with a Bridge
c. 1780
Medium
black and white chalk with gray and black wash heightened with white on laid paper
Dimensions
overall (approximate): 28.4 x 36.8 cm (11 3/16 x 14 1/2 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Robert H. and Clarice Smith
Accession Number
1982.82.1
About the Artist
Thomas Gainsborough · 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...