Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-88)

Creator details

Name: Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-88)
Nationality: English
Biography: Thomas Gainsborough RA FSRA (b. 1727 d. 1788) was a prominent English portrait and landscape painter, draughtsman, and printmaker. He is widely considered to be one of the most important British artists of the 18th century, even one of the first to consistently paint landscapes. His work is distinguished by its feathery brushwork technique and rich colour palette.

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Assets (422 in total)

Mr and Mrs Andrews, c.1748-9 (oil on canvas)

The Blue Boy, c.1770 (oil on canvas)

Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, c.1785-87 (oil on canvas)

Cornard Wood, near Sudbury, Suffolk, 1748 (oil on canvas)

Ann Ford (later Mrs Philip Thicknesse), 1760 (oil on canvas)

Mr and Mrs William Hallett (The Morning Walk), c.1785 (oil on canvas)

The Linley Sisters (Mrs. Sheridan and Mrs. Tickell) 1771/72 (oil on canvas)

Portrait of Mrs. Sarah Siddons (1755-1831), 1785 (oil on canvas)

Thomas William Coke (1752-1842) 1st Earl of Leicester (of the Second Creation) (oil on canvas)

Lord Robert Clive (1725-74) in General Officer's uniform, c.1764 (oil on canvas)

The Harvest Wagon, c.1767

The Painter's Daughters chasing a Butterfly, c.1756 (oil on canvas)

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