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Coastal View, 1786/88. Black chalk, heightened with white chalk, on blue laid paper.
Black chalk, heightened with white chalk, on blue laid paper · 30 × 42.3 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- Coastal View
- Artist
- Thomas Gainsborough English, 1727-1788
- Date
- 1786/88
- Medium
- Black chalk, heightened with white chalk, on blue laid paper
- Dimensions
- 30 × 42.3 cm (11 13/16 × 16 11/16 in.)
- Credit line
- The Regenstein Collection
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1727–1788
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.