Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Mrs Siddons 1785 Oil on canvas, 126 × 99.5 cm National Gallery, London Mrs Siddons (1755–1831) was the greatest tragic actress of her time, remaining at the top of her profession for 30 years. Gainsborough painted her in the…
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Sarah Siddons
(1755–1831) née Sarah Kemble Sarah Siddons in Art: Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Mrs Siddons 1785 National Gallery, London Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) Infant Hercules Strangling Serpents 1786 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Born July 5 1755 Brecon (Wales) Died June 8 1831 London (England) Occupation…
Portrait of Margaret Gainsborough holding a Theorbo (c.1777)
Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Portrait of Margaret Gainsborough holding a Theorbo c.1777 Oil on canvas, 90.2 × 69.9 cm National Gallery, London This unfinished portrait of Thomas Gainsborough’s youngest daughter, Margaret (1751–1820), playing a theorbo (a kind of lute) unites two particularly personal…
The Artist’s Daughter Margaret (c.1772)
The Artist’s Daughter Mary (1777)
Mary Fischer, née Gainsborough
(1750–1826) Mary “Molly” Fischer, née Gainsborough Mary in Art: Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Portrait of the Artist’s Daughters c.1763–1764 Worcester Art Museum, Worcester Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) The Artist’s Daughter Mary 1777 Tate Britain, London Father Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) Mother Margaret Burr (1728-1798) Sister…
Margaret Gainsborough
(1751–1820) Margaret “Peggy” Gainsborough Margaret in Art: Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Portrait of the Artist’s Daughters c.1763–1764 Worcester Art Museum, Worcester Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) The Artist’s Daughter Margaret c.1772 Tate Britain, London Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Margaret Gainsborough holding a…
Mary Gainsborough
(?-1748) Mary in Art: Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Portrait of the Artist with his Wife and Daughter c.1748 National Gallery, London Father Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) Mother Margaret Burr (1728-1798) Sister Mary Gainsborough (1750-1826) Brother-in-law Johann Christian Fischer (c.1733-1800) Sister Margaret Gainsborough (1751-1820)