The Market Cart

ca. 1787

Thomas Gainsborough English, 1727-1788

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About the Artwork

Title The Market Cart

Artwork Date ca. 1787

Artist Thomas Gainsborough

Life Dates 1727-1788

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. English

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. ----------

Medium Oil on canvas

Dimensions Unframed: 51 1/4 × 42 1/2 inches (130.2 × 108 cm) Framed: 61 × 53 1/4 × 4 1/4 inches (154.9 × 135.3 × 10.8 cm)

Classification Paintings

Department European Painting

Credit Gift of Elizabeth B. Fisher in memory of Charles T. Fisher, Jr.

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 74.267

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Provenance

April 11, 1797, collection of Mrs. T. Gainsborough sold by (Christie's, London, England), lot 96;
purchased by William Neave [Williamson];
1817, collection of Sir Thomas Neave (London, England);
by descent, S. H. M. Neave;
June 27, 1885, sold (Christie's, London, England), lot 27 [bought in];
May 15, 1886, sold (Christie's, London, England), lot 85 [bought in];
April 2, 1887, sold (Christie's, London, England), lot 113;
purchased, Martin;
collection of Lord Michelham;
(Howard Young Galleries, New York, New York, USA);
by 1949, collection of Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Fisher (Detroit, Michigan, USA);
by descent, Mrs. Elizabeth B. Fisher (Detroit, Michigan, USA);
1974-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Fulcher, G. W. Life of Gainsborough. London, 1856, p. 200.

Graves, A. A Century of Loan Exhibitions, vol. 1. London: Algernon Graves, 1915, p. 372.

Graves, A. Art Sales, vol. 1. 1918, p. 130.

Redford, G. Art Sales, vol. 2. 1919, p. 40.

Fifth Loan Exhibition of Old and Modern Masters. Exh. cat., DIA. Detroit, 1927, p. 34, cat. 56 [lent by Mr. & Mrs. Charles T.Fisher; entry by W. Heil].

New York World's Fair, Masterpieces of Art. New York, 1939, no. 134, (pl. 94).

Davies, M., and the National Gallery of Art. The British School. London. 1946, p. 55, no. 80.

Masterpieces of Painting from Detroit Private Collections. Exh. cat., DIA. Detroit, 1949, no. 9 [as lent by Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Fisher].

Waterhouse, E. Gainsborough. London, 1958, pp. 122, 295, no. 1003.

"Annual Report." Bulletin of the DIA 54, no. 2 (1975): p. 54, (repr.).

Cinco Singlos de Obras Maestras. Exh. cat., Museo de Jade. San Jose, Costa Rica, 1978, p. 75, no. 25, (repr.).

Hayes, J. The Landscape Paintings of Thomas Gainsborough, vol. 2. 1982, p. 568 [as a copy].

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Thomas Gainsborough, The Market Cart, ca. 1787, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Elizabeth B. Fisher in memory of Charles T. Fisher, Jr., 74.267.