© Christchurch Mansion
The Cottage Door with Girl and Pigs
Artist: Thomas Gainsborough (1727 - 1788)
Location: Christchurch Mansion
Date: 1786
Materials: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 98 x 124 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £5,000 (Total: £209,000)
Vendor: Mrs H Scudamore
Review number: 3000 (1983)
Provenance:
Wilbraham Tollemache, 6th Earl of Dysart, 1786; by descent to Bentley, 3rd Lord Tollemache; Tollemache Estates sale Christie's 1953; Sir James Caird; by descent.
Description:
The theme of the cottage door epitomised Gainsborough's attitude towards the countryside in the age of enclosures and the erosion of traditional rural values.
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