Brushed India ink with opaque white wash on gray paper. Published Leporini, Handzeichnungen Grosse Meister, Gainsborough, Taf. 2.
Provenance
Claimant's parents, formerly of Uraniastrasse 2, Vienna I, placed their art collection in lifts for shipment. The shipment was held up by the outbreak of World War II, and the lifts never left Vienna. The exact circumstances of the theft are not known; sold at Sotheby’s on March 19, 1981 (lot 157); private collection
