A Rest by the Way (Open Landscape with Figures, Donkey and Horses) by Thomas Gainsborough — Thomas Gainsborough. A Rest by the Way (Open Landscape with Figures, Donkey and Horses), ca. 1780. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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A Rest by the Way (Open Landscape with Figures, Donkey and Horses)

by Thomas Gainsborough

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Artist: Thomas Gainsborough (British, Sudbury 1727–1788 London)
Date: ca. 1780
Medium: Black chalk, brush and brown wash
Dimensions: sheet: 9 1/8 x 10 7/8 in. (23.2 x 27.7 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Alexandrine Sinsheimer, 1958
Accession no.: 59.23.43

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