Thomas gainsborough

The Honourable Mrs Graham by Thomas Gainsborough

We often remember the controversy surrounding the Hutchinson Letters, which inspired many colonists to oppose the provincial government in Massachusetts, by talking about Benjamin Franklin (who found and sent the letters) and Samuel Adams (who helped publish them). Our memory of the letters’ author, Thomas Hutchinson, is often colored by a 1774 print by Paul Revere, […]

Thomas Gainsborough - Portrait of Lady Margaret Burges ,1771 , painting , Private Collection

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Lady Bate-Dudley circa 1787She was married to Gainsborough’s friend and champion, Henry Bate-Dudley. She’s shown here in a romantic woodland setting, leaning on a classical pedestal and an urn. Her pose is languid yet statuesque and the gesture of her left hand suggests a refined sensibility.

Thomas Gainsborough, R.A. STUDY OF A LADY, POSSIBLY FOR THE RICHMOND WATER-WALK

Described as 'a piece of fallen sky' the wonderful blue panniered gown worn by Gainsborough's -apparently dyspeptic- Mrs Andrews. The thick simplified folds in the skirt derive from Gainsborough's reliance on small dressed lay figures. Of course much of the painting's charm comes from this oddness of scale - miniaturization being a visual trick enabling the viewer to see something close to which could only otherwise be seen far off.

1781 Gainsborough

c1781 | Portrait of Lady Rodney [née Anne Harley] by Thomas Gainsborough | The subject of this portrait is Anne Harley, daughter of a former lord mayor of London. In April 1781 she married the eldest son of the naval hero Lord Rodney. It has been suggested that the portrait was painted some months after the marriage, and that Anne's delicate gesture of lifting her train to her stomach signals pregnancy and deep contentment at approaching motherhood. | Philadelphia Museum of Art

The artist’s portraits of his household are more spontaneous than his commercial work

The sitter was the daughter of Karl Ludwig Friedrich, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1708–1752). She married George III (1738–1820) of England in 1761 and the couple had fifteen children.In September and October 1782, at the queen's command, Gainsborough painted oval bust-length portraits of the king and queen and thirteen of their children (all Royal Collection, Windsor Castle)

Mary, Countess Howe by Thomas Gainsborough c.1764. When I was a #volunteer at #KenwoodHouse #englishheritage I was always very happy when I was placed in the Music Room where a bevy of beauties happily hang, including Mary. I could spend a shift admiring her accessories and Gainsborough's amazing execution of lace and silk. If you're in London you must go and see the wonderful art collection... it's free!! #georgianjanuary #pink @dames_a_la_mode #Gainsborough #portraiture #18thcentury

Portrait of Mary-Jane Ormsby of Porkington, full-length, with her dog oil on canvas 189.8 x 135.4cm (74 3/4 x 53 5/16in).

A Framed Oil Print of The Blue Boy By Thomas Gainsborough; Size: H: 34-1/4"; W: 28-1/2".