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Thomas Gainsborough

163 works

Gainsborough often painted his landscapes at night by candlelight. Read more

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Painting of a rocky wooded landscape with a stream, grazing sheep, and misty mountains under a pale sky.

Rocky, Wooded Landscape with a Dell and Weir

c. 1782-1783

Oval portrait of a woman with tall hair, gold-embroidered gray shawl, pearl necklace and gold bracelet against a dark backgro

Portrait of Mary Wise

c. 1774

Painting of a wooded upland road with cattle, sheep, travelers, cottages and a stone tower under a cloudy sky.

Wooded Upland Landscape

probably 1783

Full-length portrait of a standing man in a red coat with green facings, holding a hat and cane before a wooded landscape.

Portrait of George Pitt, First Baron Rivers

1769

Oil portrait of an elderly woman in a white bonnet and lace collar with a white bow, against a dark background.

Sarah Dupont

c. 1777-79

Painting of three children in a dark wooded landscape under a stormy sky, a girl holding a toddler who points right.

Cottage Children (The Wood Gatherers)

1787

Oil portrait of a man in a red coat and white cravat, holding sheet music, against a dark background with green drapery.

Charles Rousseau Burney (1747-1819)

ca. 1780

Portrait of a woman in a tall white headdress, pearl necklace and dark lace-trimmed shawl against a brown background.

Queen Charlotte

Painting of a boy in a white tunic beside a tabby cat, standing by a tree in a dark woodland with a light horizon.

A Boy with a Cat - Morning

1787

Portrait of an older man in red military coat with gold epaulettes and white ruffled cravat against a dark background.

Lieutenant Colonel Paul Pechell (1724-1800)

Mrs. Grace Dalrymple Elliott (1754?-1823)

1778

Oval portrait of a young woman with piled powdered hair, wearing a blue fur-trimmed wrap and a jeweled brooch against a dark

Portrait of a Young Woman, Called Miss Sparrow

1770s

The Painter's Daughter Mary (1750-1826)

mid-19th century

Oil portrait of two men, one holding a silver cup and one seated in a blue uniform, with a dog and green drapery.

Portrait of William Anne Hollis, 4th Earl of Essex, Presenting a Cup to Thomas Clutterbuck of Watford

about 1784-1785

Seated woman in blue dress and gold-fringed shawl beside a tree and stone pedestal, with a hazy landscape behind her.

Portrait of Anne, Countess of Chesterfield

1777-1778

Portrait of a man in a pink coat and powdered wig leaning on a gilded frame, with red drapery behind him.

Portrait of James Christie (1730 - 1803)

1778

Painting of a thatched cottage and figures on a hill, with an ox cart on a dirt road under a cloudy sky.

Landscape With A Cottage And Cart

1784

Loose brown-toned landscape with dark trees, a winding road, mounted riders, and a cluster of buildings on the left.

Wooded Landscape with Mounted Peasants

1772

Oval portrait of an elderly man in a grey powdered wig, red coat and white lace cravat, by Thomas Gainsborough.

Viscount Hampden

1780

Painting of a wooded landscape with tall trees, a small red-roofed house, tiny figures on a path, and a cloudy sky.

A Wooded Landscape with Figures by a House

1752

Portrait of a young woman with dark curls in a blue dress beside a boy in a red jacket against a dark background.

Elizabeth and Thomas Linley

1768

Oil landscape of a river valley with a horseman watering his horse, a gnarled tree, cattle and a farmhouse under clouds.

View in Suffolk

1755

Full-length portrait of a man in red coat and gold braid leaning on a column, holding a document, with trees behind.

John Eld of Seighford Hall, Stafford

1775

Loose painting of nude women bathing in a woodland stream beside a waterfall, under dark overhanging trees.

Diana and Actaeon

1785

Oil portrait of a woman in a blue dress and lace shawl with a blue ribbon at her throat, before a loose wooded landscape.

Margaret Gainsborough, née Burr (1728-1798)

1758

Four children in a wooded landscape with two dogs, one girl wearing a straw hat and a boy in a gold waistcoat reaching into a

The Marsham Children

1787

Painting of a woman in a pink gown and a man in a red coat talking on a bench in a park with a classical rotunda.

Conversation in a Park

1746

Painting of a wooded landscape with a pond, thatched cottage, cattle on a path, and stormy clouds overhead.

en

1746

Portrait of a seated man in a brown coat and green waistcoat leaning against a tree, with a wooded landscape behind him.

John Wilkinson

1775

Full-length portrait of a woman in a silver silk gown and feathered hat leaning on a stone column in a wooded landscape.

The Honourable Mrs Graham (1757 - 1792)

1775

Painting of cows drinking at a stone fountain with a shepherd and seated woman under trees at dusk.

Small Landscape

1800

Landscape painting of a ruined castle on a hill, a river with two figures on rocks, a wooden bridge, and red-roofed cottages.

Landscape

1770

Gainsborough often painted his landscapes at night by candlelight. His model was a tabletop arrangement of stones and bits of mirror. He was born in Sudbury in Suffolk and went to London to study art in 1740. He earned his living with portraits for years, but a letter from his time in Bath says he was sick of them. In 1774 he moved to London, where he later painted King George III and Queen Charlotte. Browse 163 works by Thomas Gainsborough from 41 museums, free to download in HD. Source: Wikipedia