Followed by a short run at the Tower Theatre, London
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Thomas Gainsborough
Thomas Gainsborough was an English painter, draughtsman and printmaker who specialised in portrait and landscape painting. Along with his rival Sir Joshua Reynolds, he was one of the most important British artists of the 18th century. He painted quickly, and the works of his maturity are characterised by a light palette and easy strokes. Despite being a prolific portrait painter, Gainsborough gain…
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culture · English painter (1727–1788) · painter · draftsperson · portraitist · landscape painter · architectural drafter · printmaker · artist · also Thomas Gainsborough, Thomas Gainsboro, Thomas Gainsbro, Tomas Geĭnzbŭro, Tomas Geĭnsboro, Thomas Gainsborough RA
Born 14 May 1727 · Died 2 August 1788 · Q192720
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An appeal was given to pay the costs of restoration of his tomb, and the tomb was restored in 2012
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Gainsborough's portrait of Miss Read (Mrs Frances Villebois) was sold by Michael Pearson, 4th Viscount Cowdray, for a record price of £6
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Died 1788-08-02.
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Born 1727-05-14.
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