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Thomas Gainsborough

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Oval portrait of a man in a white wig and red coat against a dark background.

Robert Butcher of Walthamstow

1765

Oil portrait of a seated man in a blue coat and powdered wig holding an open book, against a dark red curtain.

Isaac Henrique Sequeira

1775

Couple walking a woodland path with a white dog; the woman wears a large black feathered hat and pale gown.

Mr and Mrs William Hallett ('The Morning Walk')

1785

Seated woman in pink dress and lace shawl beneath a tree in an open landscape, painted in soft, loose brushwork.

Portrait of Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan

1785

Full-length portrait of a woman in a silver satin gown with an orange sash, standing before a dark wooded landscape.

Maria, Lady Eardley (1743-1794)

1766

Oval portrait of a woman with powdered grey hair, black ribbon at her neck, and white dress with pink bow.

Portrait of Grace Elliott (1754?-1823)

1782

Portrait of a young woman in a blue silk gown holding a pink rose, with a black ribbon at her throat and a landscape behind h

Portrait of Sarah, Lady Innes

1757

Full-length portrait of a woman in a blue silk gown with a feathered fan, standing among trees near a classical pedestal.

Portrait of The Hon. Frances Duncombe

1777

Portrait of Mrs. Grace Dalrymple Elliott (1754?-1823)

1778

Oval portrait of a young woman with curled hair in a white ruffled gown, set against a soft landscape background.

Mrs. Charles Hatchett

1786

Full-length portrait of a woman in a pale silk gown beside a rocky outcrop with blue flowers and a cloudy sky.

Portrait of Mrs. Peter William Baker

1781

Oval portrait of a young man with powdered grey hair, green coat and lace cuffs, resting his hand on a cane.

Richard Paul Jodrell

1774

Oval portrait of a woman with upswept hair, pearl necklace, white dress, blue sash and pink rose against a dark background.

Mrs. Ralph Izard (Alice De Lancey, 1746/47-1832)

Seated man in brown coat and gray wig holding a gilt-tooled book, beside bookshelves and a red chair.

Thomas Haviland

Full-length portrait of a woman in a white gown and green sash leaning on a pedestal beneath red drapery, with a landscape be

Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire

1783

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a pink dress beneath a large tree, with a wide landscape and pale sky behind her.

Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan

1785-1787

Portrait of a young woman in a wide blue hat and white dress, with a blue sash, against a loose green landscape.

Miss Catherine Tatton

1786

Oval portrait of a woman with powdered grey hair, wearing a white pearl-trimmed dress and blue sash against a dark background

Mrs. John Taylor

c. 1778

Oil portrait of a woman with tall feathered hair and pearl-trimmed pale dress against a dark background.

Mrs. Paul Cobb Methuen

c. 1776/1777

Painting of a woman with pearl-adorned upswept hair and a gold-trimmed silk gown against a dark, sketchy landscape.

The Hon. Mrs. Thomas Graham

c. 1775/1777

Oval oil portrait of a man in a brown coat and white lace cravat, with powdered hair, against a dark background.

John, 4th Earl of Darnley

1785

Full-length portrait of a young child in a white dress and blue sash, holding flowers and a black hat in a wooded landscape.

Master John Heathcote

c. 1771/1772

Portrait of a man in a navy coat and yellow waistcoat holding a rifle beside a tree, with a landscape behind him.

William Yelverton Davenport

c. 1785/1788

Portrait of a man in a navy coat and yellow waistcoat holding a hat and cane before a dark wooded landscape.

Francis Basset, Lord de Dunstanville

c. 1786

Seated woman in yellow silk gown and feathered hat before dark woodland, painted by Thomas Gainsborough.

Frances Susanna, Lady de Dunstanville

c. 1786

Full-length portrait of a boy in a shimmering blue satin suit with lace trim, holding a hat, in a dark landscape.

The Blue Boy

1770

Oil portrait of a woman with tall grey powdered hair, feathered headdress, blue silk wrap and black choker against a dark bac

Woman in Blue

1770

Seated woman in a pale lace-trimmed gown and bonnet, turned to the left, against a dark panelled interior wall.

The Wife of William St Quintin

1767

Oil portrait of a woman in a black plumed hat, curled hair, white dress and green sash, holding a pink rose.

Portrait of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire

1785

Oval portrait of a man in a powdered wig and blue coat with gold braid and a white frilled jabot.

John Hobart (1723-1793), 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire

1747

Oval portrait of an elderly woman in a white lace bonnet and green patterned shawl, against a dark background.

Mrs. Robert Hingeston (died 1793)

1787

Portrait of a man in a pink coat with gold buttons, white wig and tricorn hat, leaning on an ivy-covered ledge.

The lawyer Joshua Grigby III (1731-1798)

1760

Oil portrait of an older bearded man in a dark cap and cloak against a warm brown background.

A Bearded Man in a Cap (after Rembrandt)

1770

Painting of cattle resting in a field beside a windswept tree, with a man and woman standing under a large cloudy sky.

Landscape with Cattle

1767

Oil portrait of a young woman with piled curled hair, turned to the left against a dark background.

Princess Elizabeth (1770-1840)

1782

Portrait of a woman in a pink silk gown with lace ruffles and blue ribbons, holding a rosebud, against a brown landscape.

Mrs. Edmund Morton Pleydell

1765

Oval portrait of a woman with upswept dark hair, pearl necklace, and fur-trimmed pink wrap against a dark background.

Mrs. Thomas Mathews

1772

Oval oil portrait of a man in a powdered wig and pale blue coat against a warm brown background.

Captain Thomas Mathews

1772

Oval portrait of a young blond child with a white lace collar, brown jacket and blue sash against a dark background.

Prince Octavius (1779-1783)

1782

Oval painting of a man and woman standing with a spaniel in a wooded park, and a seated woman in green at right.

Henry, Duke of Cumberland with Anne, Duchess of Cumberland, and Lady Elizabeth Luttrell

1785

Full-length portrait of a man in a blue military coat with gold braid, a white wig, and a classical column behind him.

George III (1738-1820)

1780

Oval portrait of a young man in a powdered wig, blue coat with gold braid, red collar and white cravat.

George IV (1762-1830) when Prince of Wales

1782