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A Peasant Girl gathering Faggots in a Wood
Thomas Gainsborough, 1782
One of Gainsborough's so-called 'fancy pictures'. A late work showing main influence of Murillo. Appealed to the new taste for unsophisticated natural beauty, This piece not exhibited in his lifetime and was described as unfinished.
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Title of artwork, date
A Peasant Girl gathering Faggots in a Wood, 1782
Date supported
1978
Medium and material
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
169 x 123 cm
Grant
12500
Total cost
170000
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