Cattle and a drover on a lane passing a cottage

Thomas Gainsborough, R.A. (Sudbury, Suffolk 1727-1788 London) Cattle and a drover on a lane passing a cottage with inscription ‘1817 WE. Lamberts coll P45 N54/Gainsborough’ (verso in the hand of William Esdaile) black chalk and stump 11 1/8 x 14 7/8 in. (28.3 x 37.8 cm.)