1767
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Sketches: Figures and Animals is a 1767 by Thomas Gainsborough, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows quick, loose lines of a person sitting and two animals nearby. The person wears a hat and a coat, looking down. The animals—maybe a cow and a sheep—are drawn with rough strokes too. The whole image feels like a fast, rough draft, not finished. The artist used simple shapes and shading to show form, not details. The paper is light, and the marks look like pencil or charcoal. Next, check out Thomas Gainsborough for more of his sketches.
Thomas Gainsborough (; 14 May 1727 (baptised) – 2 August 1788) was an English painter, draughtsman and printmaker who specialised in portrait and landscape painting.
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