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'Cornard Wood, near Sudbury, Suffolk'   Thomas Gainsborough   1748

Virtue's black & white version  Original colour version
Thomas Gainsborough, 'Cornard Wood, near Sudbury, Suffolk' - colour version.

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It is a most satisfying and almost sculptural plastic object because you feel the tree is moulded...
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