GAINSBOROUGH'S SHOWBOX
Wooded River Landscape with Figures on a Bridge, Cottage, Sheep and Mountains, Thomas Gainsborough
Wooded River Landscape with Figures on a Bridge, Cottage, Sheep and Mountains
Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788)
About 1783-1784
Oil on glass
Museum number. P.37-1955
Bequeathed through the National Art Collections Fund by Ernest E. Cook 1955
The mountain recalls Cader Idris in north Wales. This was the subject of a painting by Richard Wilson, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1774.