© Gainsborough's House
Fallen Tree
Artist: Thomas Gainsborough (1727 - 1788)
Location: Gainsborough's House
Date: circa 1754
Materials: pencil on paper
Dimensions: 14.3 x 18.4cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £13,400 (Total: £28,000)
Vendor: Agnew's
Review number: 5247 (2003)
Provenance:
Margaret Gainsborough; ... ; Stanhope Shelton; private collection; Christie's 2000; Andrew Wyld; Agnew's
Description:
Sketch of a tree which, having fallen some time ago, continues to sprout branches. The artist pays particular attention to the exposed root structure, which is zoomorphically drawn to suggest a monstrous open mouth. Farm buildings are shown behind. Fallen trees were a favourite foreground motif in the landscapes of those seventeenth century Dutch artists Gainsborough most admired. A similar tree is used in his work 'Wooded River Landscape' of 1754-56.
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