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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788 — Thomas Gainsborough

1727–1788

(Baptised Sudbury, Suffolk, 14 May 1727; died London, 2 August 1788). English painter (of portraits, landscapes, and fancy pictures), draughtsman and occasional printmaker, one of the most individual geniuses in British art.

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Text Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (Oxford University Press)

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A Cattle Ferry 1784–1788 Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788)

A Cattle Ferry 1784–1788 Birmingham Museums Trust
A Cottage Girl Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788) (style of)

A Cottage Girl Wollaton Hall
A Country Cart c.1770 Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788) (after)

A Country Cart c.1770 Colchester and Ipswich Museums Service: Ipswich Borough Council Collection
A Country Road 1746–1747 Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788)

A Country Road 1746–1747 National Trust, Waddesdon Manor
A Couple in a Landscape 1753 Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788)

A Couple in a Landscape 1753 Dulwich Picture Gallery
A Forest Road 1750 Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788)

A Forest Road 1750 The Fitzwilliam Museum
A Gentleman with a Dog in a Wood c.1746 Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788)

A Gentleman with a Dog in a Wood c.1746 Gainsborough's House
A Hilly Landscape c.1775–1880 Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788)

A Hilly Landscape c.1775–1880 The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
A Man Called Mr Wood, the Dancing Master c.1757 Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788)

A Man Called Mr Wood, the Dancing Master c.1757 Yale Center for British Art
A Peasant Girl Gathering Faggots in a Wood 1782 Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788)

A Peasant Girl Gathering Faggots in a Wood 1782 Manchester Art Gallery
A Setter in a Landscape c.1774 Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788)

A Setter in a Landscape c.1774 National Trust, Petworth House
A Traveller Seated on a Country Road, Holding a White Horse Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788) (attributed to)

A Traveller Seated on a Country Road, Holding a White Horse Abbotsford House
A Wooded Landscape Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788) (attributed to)

A Wooded Landscape
A Young Man with Powdered Hair c.1750 Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788)

A Young Man with Powdered Hair c.1750 Yale Center for British Art
Abel Moysey c.1764 Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788)

Abel Moysey c.1764 Tate
Abel Moysey, MP (1743–1831) 1771 Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788)

Abel Moysey, MP (1743–1831) 1771 Gainsborough's House
Admiral Keppel (1725–1786) c.1780 Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788) (school of)

Admiral Keppel (1725–1786) c.1780 Clifton Park Museum
Admiral Sir Charles Thompson, Bt 1774 Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788)

Admiral Sir Charles Thompson, Bt 1774 Tate
Alexander Hamilton (1767–1852), 10th Duke of Hamilton, 7th Duke of Brandon 1786 Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788)

Alexander Hamilton (1767–1852), 10th Duke of Hamilton, 7th Duke of Brandon 1786 National Trust, Waddesdon Manor
An Extensive Wooded Upland Landscape c.1786 Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788)

An Extensive Wooded Upland Landscape c.1786 Gainsborough's House

Thomas Gainsborough

1727–1788