Woods Near a Village with Rabbit Catchers and Their Greyhounds
late 1750s
Medium
graphite on laid paper
Dimensions
overall: 26.1 x 36.8 cm (10 1/4 x 14 1/2 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Iola S. Haverstick in memory of her father, Eugene W. Stetson, and in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
Accession Number
1991.152.1
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...