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Cornard Wood was common land, and villagers had ancient rights to gather wood, graze animals, dig marl for manure and sand for building materials, take the path to Great Henny, or just to stroll there. In Gainsborough’s painting we see many of these activities.
Gainsborough wrote that Cornard Wood was ‘actually painted at Sudbury, in the year 1748’, while he was still learning his craft. The picture belonged for some years to the uncle of the painter John Constable, who was born within ten miles of Gainsborough’s birthplace and was an admirer of his landscapes.
Title
Cornard Wood, near Sudbury, Suffolk
Date
1748
Medium
Oil on canvas
Measurements
H 122 x W 155 cm
Accession number
NG925
Acquisition method
Bought (Lewis Fund), 1875
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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