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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 ]
Mary Fischer (née Gainsborough; 31 January 1750 – 2 July 1826) was the eldest and first-born daughter of English painter Thomas Gainsborough and his wife, Margaret Burr. She suffered from a Mental disorder , and was prone to fits of mental aberrations.
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 ...
The painting depicts Mary ("Molly", 31 January 1750 - 2 July 1826) [2] and Margaret ("Peggy", 19 August 1751 - 18 December 1820) [3] Gainsborough engaging in the titular activity. The younger daughter reaching to grab the butterfly represents the fragility of life while the elder daughter's apprehensive facial expression reveals her edging ...
Her younger sister Louisa was married to Lord Stormont, while her brother William, 1st Earl Cathcart were also painted by Gainsborough. The Hon. Mrs. Thomas Graham, National Gallery of Art between 1775 and 1777. It was Mary's looks that caused a stir when Gainsborough exhibited her full-length portrait at the Royal Academy in London in 1777.
The sitter is Maria Marow Gideon nee Wilmot, later Lady Eardley (1743–1794), the daughter of judge John Eardley Wilmot and his wife Sarah Rivett. In December, 1766 she married Sir Sampson Gideon, who became a member of Parliament soon after, and in 1789 was elevated to the Irish peerage to become Lord Eardley with a name from her father's ...
Wrottesley was the daughter of Sir Richard Wrottesley, 7th Baronet and Lady Mary Leveson-Gower. [2] Her uncle was the Duke of Bedford, who introduced her to Thomas Gainsborough; [3] Gainsborough painted her portrait which now hangs in the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne. [4] [5]
The Duchess of Buccleuch by Thomas Gainsborough, c. 1767. When John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu, died on 5 July 1749, his estate had been entailed to his daughter, Mary, who was married to George Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu. The Montagu peerages, like most English peerages, were limited to male heirs, and became extinct with the 2nd Duke.