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The Cottage Door with Girl and Pigs

Thomas Gainsborough, 1786

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, a theme which preoccupied the artist for much of his later life,. Gainsborough's chief love was landscape. Much of his time was devoted to to its pursuit, especially in the summer months when the pressures on him were fewer, and he continued to sketch from nature all his life. Purchased after a public campaign by the museum.

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Title of artwork, date

The Cottage Door with Girl and Pigs, 1786

Date supported

1983

Medium and material

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

98 x 124 cm

Grant

5000

Total cost

209000

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