© Christchurch Mansion
Hollywells Park, Ipswich
Artist: Thomas Gainsborough (1727 - 1788)
Location: Christchurch Mansion
Date: 1748 - 1750
Materials: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 50.8 x 66cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £40,000 (Total: £375,000)
Vendor: Agnew's
Review number: 3685 (1992)
Provenance:
Palser Gallery; Charles E.Russell; anon sale Sotheby's 18/10/50, lot54; Bode; Spink's; Private collection, London.
Description:
This is a panoramic view of Holywells Park Ipswich looking north-eastwards, showing in the foreground the series of man-made ponds constructed by Thomas Cobbold after 1741 from natural springs to provide pure water for his brewery. Although Gainsborough lived in Ipswich for seven years this rare early work is his only known depiction of the Suffolk town.
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