Wooded Landscape with Horseman and Pack Horse, early 1770s, Thomas Gainsborough , British, 1727–1788, 8 1/4 × 11 15/16 in. (21 × cm) (image, sheet)16 1/2 x 20 3/8 x 1 7/16 in. ( x x cm) (outer frame), India ink, white lead, black chalk and watercolor, on laid paper, varnished, England, 18th century, Though best known for his magnificent portraits, Thomas Gainsborough preferred painting 'landskips' (as he called them) and played a key role in establishing the importance of landscape in British art. As a young artist he enjoyed the beauties of his native Suffolk

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