Thomas Gainsborough,
Wooded River Landscape with Figures on a Bridge, Cottage, Sheep and Distant Mountains,
Great Britain,
about 1783-84,
Transparent oil on glass,
Museum no. P.37-1955
Wooded River Landscape with Figures on a Bridge, Cottage, Sheep and Distant Mountains
The mountain in this painting recalls Cader Idris in north Wales. This was the subject of a painting by Richard Wilson that was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1774.