Talk:Thomas Gainsborough

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Name[edit]

does any one know the name of the boy in blue in gainsbrough oil painting? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.129.195.41 (talk) 19:42, 6 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This is addressed in the Wkikipedia article The Blue Boy Sbishop (talk) 16:18, 12 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Clarification, please[edit]

"Gainsborough married Margaret Burr whose illegitimate father, The Duke of Beaufort, gave them a £200 annuity."

1) Who was illegitimate, Margaret or the Duke?

2) Which Duke of Beaufort? -- there are several, with their own Wikipedia articles.

-- 201.51.211.130 14:45, 9 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Magaret was illegitimate and it's the third duke of Beaufort -I corrected the link. Linnell 03:25, 10 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Julian vs. Gregorian Calendar[edit]

Was 14. May 1727 (when Thomas Gainsborough was born) during Julian or Gregorian Calendar? see Isaac Newton. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 193.111.47.174 (talk) 15:26, 7 May 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Pink boy[edit]

This is such an extremely bad scan that it does not make justice for artwork. Only 132 × 208 pixels... We should not use it when there are plenty good scans availeble. Hafspajen (talk) 11:53, 2 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Portrait of the Duchess of Devonshire[edit]

Was the Portrait of the Duchess of Devonshire at one time the most expensive painting ever sold? If this information is correct, it could go in the article. Vorbee (talk) 19:31, 19 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Picture of the day

Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788) was an English painter. Along with his bitter rival, Sir Joshua Reynolds, he is considered one of the most important British portrait artists of the second half of the 18th century. Born and raised in Sudbury, Suffolk, Gainsborough lived in London during the 1740s, where he trained under engraver Hubert-François Gravelot and contributed to the decoration of Vauxhall Gardens. After marrying Margaret Burr, an illegitimate daughter of the Duke of Beaufort, Gainsborough moved back to Sudbury and then to Ipswich, Bath and London. Gainsborough was a fast painter and worked more from observations of nature than from application of formal academic rules. Despite being a prolific portrait painter, Gainsborough gained greater satisfaction from his landscapes.

This painting is a self-portrait of Gainsborough, painted shortly before he moved from Ipswich to Bath in 1759. It is now in the National Portrait Gallery in London.Painting: Thomas Gainsborough

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watercolours and drawings[edit]

He also produced very beautiful works on paper, watercolours and drawings, much sought after by collectors. Seadowns (talk) 23:48, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]