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Her father, Thomas Gainsborough was a painter. On the other hand, her mother, Margaret Burr was the illegitimate daughter of Henry Scudamore, 3rd Duke of Beaufort. [4] In 1752, when Mary was two, her family moved to Ipswich, England. Although, her father's commissions for portraits did increase, [4] they moved again in 1759, heading for Bath ...
Thomas Gainsborough RA FRSA (/ ˈ ɡ eɪ n z b ər ə /; 14 May 1727 (baptised) – 2 August 1788) was an English portrait and landscape painter, draughtsman, and printmaker. Along with his rival Sir Joshua Reynolds , [ 1 ] he is considered one of the most important British artists of the second half of the 18th century. [ 2 ]
Mr and Mrs Andrews is an oil on canvas portrait of about 1750 by Thomas Gainsborough, now in the National Gallery, London.Today it is one of his most famous works, but it remained in the family of the sitters until 1960 and was very little known before it appeared in an exhibition in Ipswich in 1927, after which it was regularly requested for other exhibitions in Britain and abroad, and ...
When criticized that Mary's beauty came partially from her fancy clothes, Gainsborough ardently disagreed and made a point of sketching Mary in simple maid clothes. Thomas Graham lived another 50 years and died in 1843, he never remarried. He was so grief-stricken, he could not bring himself to look upon his wife's portrait.
Lady Spencer departed when she was satisfied that mother and daughter were "vastly well," although she often returned to visit the family. [13] She took an active role in Caroline's upbringing. [12] Lady Spencer died on 18 March 1814 at St. Albans, and was buried twelve days later at Brington, Northamptonshire. [1]
In it, she refers to a portrait drawing of her husband by Thomas Gainsborough. Gainsborough having died in 1788, she asks Humphrey to complete the painted portrait. [4] Caroline and her husband were also painted together by William Austin. Her own portrait, as a child, had been painted by Jean-Étienne Liotard around 1754.
A 1790 caricature of Philip Thicknesse, trampling on moral and religious duties, his person covered with defamatory inscriptions Thomas Gainsborough, Ann Ford, later Mrs Philip Thicknesse, 1760. Captain Philip Thicknesse (1719 – 23 November 1792) was a British Army officer and writer who was a friend of the artist Thomas Gainsborough. [1]
"The Linley Sisters", by Thomas Gainsborough (Dulwich Picture Gallery) – Elizabeth (left, standing, aged 17) with her sister Mary. Elizabeth Ann Sheridan (née Linley) was born towards the end of 1754, but the exact date varies with sources giving 4, 5 or 7 September, [1] at either Abbey Green [1] or 5 Pierrepont Street, Bath. [2]