Cottage Children (The Wood Gatherers)
Artist: Thomas Gainsborough (British, 1727–1788)
Original Dimensions: 58 1/8" x 47 3/8"
Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
About Artwork: (1787) "Well-to-do art collectors of the eighteenth century enjoyed “fancy pictures” such as this, which provided an idealized and sentimental image of poor children. A visitor to Gainsborough’s studio described the three children shown here as “charming little objects [who] cannot be viewed without the sensations of tenderness and pleasure, and an interest for their humble fate.” The model for the pensive boy seated with a bundle of kindling is believed to have been Jack Hill, a local boy whom Gainsborough’s daughter considered adopting." - (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
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