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Rocky Landscape with a Bridge

Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788)

National Museum Cardiff

Rocky Landscape with a Bridge

Image credit: Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales

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Although famous as one of the principal fashionable portrait painters in London and Bath, Gainsborough was also a distinguished landscape painter. Following a visit to the Cumberland lakes in the summer of 1783, he painted a series of landscapes, inspired by the misty scenery of this region. The vast rocks in this rugged landscape also reflect his interest in the 'picturesque' landscapes of Gaspard Poussin and Salvator Rosa.

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Title

Rocky Landscape with a Bridge

Date

c.1783

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 38.1 x W 53.3 cm

Accession number

NMW A 99

Acquisition method

bequeathed by Gwendoline Davies, 1951

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

From paper in file: Label on stretcher - L.B.H No. 391 Thos. Gainsborough Landscpae (printed up to His paint)

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Thomas Gainsborough

1727–1788

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