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Thomas Gainsborough

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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

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

Portrait of a standing man and seated woman in a landscape with an oak tree, wheat sheaves and a dog beside them.

Mr. und Mrs. Andrews

1750

Painting of a wooded landscape with tall trees, a dirt path, small figures resting, and a stormy grey sky.

Cornard Wood, near Sudbury, Suffolk

1748

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

Painting of fashionably dressed people strolling under tall trees on a park avenue, with small dogs in the foreground.

The Mall in St. James's Park

1783

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

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

Painting of a mountain landscape with travelers crossing a stone bridge, a cliff with trees, and a cottage under a soft eveni

Mountain Landscape with Bridge

c. 1783/1784

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

Painting of fishermen pulling a rowboat ashore by a rocky cliff, with sailboats on rough sea under cloudy sky.

Seashore with Fishermen

c. 1781/1782

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

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

Oil portrait of a woman in white satin and a girl in blue dress and lace bonnet seated before a shaded wooded landscape.

Hester, Countess of Sussex, and Her Daughter, Lady Barbara Yelverton

1771

Painting of riders and pack horses on a wooded road, with cattle drinking at a pool and a distant town under cloudy skies.

Road from Market

1767

Portrait of a seated woman in a white silk gown and wide-brimmed feathered hat against a dark wooded landscape.

Portrait of Mrs. Thomas Hibbert

1786

Portrait of a seated woman in a white lace-trimmed gown with powdered curled hair against a dark background.

Madame Lebrun

1780

Full-length portrait of a woman in a silver gown and black shawl standing in a landscape, by Thomas Gainsborough.

Isabella,Viscountess Molyneux, later Countess of Sefton

1769

Oil portrait of a standing man in a pale gold-trimmed coat and white wig, holding a black hat against a red background.

Sir Robert Clayton

1769

Painting of a wooded landscape with a resting shepherd on a sunlit path, grazing sheep, and a cloudy sky.

Boomachtig landschap met een rustende herder bij een zonnig pad en schapen

1745

Oil portrait of a seated man in a brown coat and gray wig, resting his arm on a desk beside an inkstand and letters.

Portrait of John Thornton, Esq.

1727

Seated woman in white lace gown holding a mandolin, with sheet music and a bass viol beside her against red drapery.

Portrait of Ann Ford

1760

Painting of children playing outside a thatched cottage under a large tree, with women at the door and a man carrying sticks.

The Cottage Door

1773

Painting of riders and laden donkeys on a country road beneath billowing clouds, with a church spire in the distance.

Returning From Market

1771

Full-length portrait of a man in a gold-trimmed coat holding a rolled document, standing by a column before domed buildings.

John Montagu, 1718-92, 4th Earl of Sandwich, 1st Lord of the Admiralty

1783

Full-length portrait of a woman in a blue silk dress and wide-brimmed blue hat standing before a wooded landscape.

Portrait of Sophia Charlotte Digby, Lady Sheffield

1785

Oil portrait of a man in a grey powdered wig and brown coat with gold braid, turned toward the viewer.

Portrait of Richard Lowndes

1759

Two boys with a stick restrain each other beside a tree as two dogs fight on the ground in a rural landscape.

Two shepherd boys with dogs fighting

1783

Full-length portrait of a woman in a gold-embroidered silk gown with a feathered headdress, fan and spaniel, beside a garden

Portrait of Queen Charlotte of England

1781

Oil painting of two cows in a landscape with a shepherd and milkmaid beneath a tree under a stormy sky.

Landscape with two cows with a shepherd and a milkmaid

1786

Mrs. Sarah Siddons

1785

Muted landscape with three cows by a pool, a seated herdsman, trees on the left and distant hills under a cloudy sky.

A Herdsman with Three Cows by an Upland Pool

mid-1780s

Sepia drawing of a road curving through a wooded landscape with large trees and a rocky outcrop.

Scene with a Road Winding through a Wood

c. 1770

Brown ink sketch of two horse heads, a standing man in a tricorn hat, and a small animal study on pale paper.

Sketches: Figures and Animals

Etched landscape with a large tree, a group of figures resting at its base, a winding path, and a distant tower under cloudy

Wooded Landscape with Gypsies Gathered Round a Fire

1753/54

Stipple engraving portrait of Thomas Pennant in dark coat with tricorn hat and folded papers, after Gainsborough.

Thomas Pennant. Stipple engraving by J. Jenkins, 1828, after T. Gainsborough, 1776

Stipple engraving portrait of a bald man in a dark coat holding a folio, with tree foliage and hills behind him.

Thomas Pennant. Stipple engraving by R. Stanier, 1793, after T. Gainsborough, 1776

Chalk and wash drawing of a woman in a wide hat walking in a garden beside a small child, with trees behind.

A Lady Walking in a Garden with a Child

about 1785

Grey-toned drawing of a wooded landscape with tall trees on a grassy bank above a shallow stream with reeds.

Wooded Landscape with Stream

1750-59

Stipple engraving of Thomas Pennant, seated in a dark coat holding a folded paper, with trees behind him.

Thomas Pennant. Stipple engraving by W. Ridley, 1793, after T. Gainsborough, 1776

Stipple engraving of a man in a wig and waistcoat holding a book, set against foliage and a distant hilly landscape.

Thomas Pennant. Stipple engraving by W. H. Lizars, after T. Gainsborough, 1776

Mezzotint portrait of a man in a powdered wig and frock coat leaning on a desk with a quill pen and inkwells.

Richard Warren. Mezzotint by J. Jones, 1792, after T. Gainsborough

Grey wash drawing of a wooded landscape with a stream, rocks, and a small figure crossing a bridge at right.

Wooded Landscape with a Man Crossing a Bridge

early 1780s

Chalk drawing of a seated woodman in a wide hat resting on a bundle of faggots, with white highlights on tan paper.

A Woodman Seated on a Bundle of Faggots

1787

Muted landscape with a thatched cottage, church spire, tall trees, and small figures with sheep on a path.

Wooded Landscape with Village Scene

early 1770s (not later than 1772)

Engraved landscape with a gnarled tree, thatched cottage, winding road, and a resting figure under a cloudy sky.

Landscape

1750

Monochrome landscape with a herdsman driving cattle over an arched bridge, a ruined tower, and seated lovers in the foregroun

Wooded Landscape with Herdsman Driving Cattle over a Bridge, Rustic Lovers and Ruined Castle

1779

Etching of cows grazing beneath trees with a herdsman on a hill, a distant village, and a pale sky.

Wooded Landscape with Herdsman and Cows

1797