Thomas Gainsborough
Portrait of Robert Thistlethwayte of Norman Court, standing full-length, wearing a red coat, green waistcoat and buff breaches, holding a can,...
About this artwork
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title:Portrait of Robert Thistlethwayte of Norman Court, standing full-length, wearing a red coat, green waistcoat and buff breaches, holding a can, leaning against a fence, a spaniel by his side
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accession number:NG 2791
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materials:Oil on canvas
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date created:Unknown
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measurements:231.10 x 152.40 cm
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credit line:Accepted by HM Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to The National Galleries of Scotland 2005
Thomas Gainsborough
Thomas Gainsborough
Gainsborough excelled as a portrait and landscape painter. He was born in Sudbury, Suffolk, and trained in London. He became a highly successful artist, first in Ipswich, then in Bath. He concentrated on portraiture to make a living and continued to build on the grand manner of Van Dyck, but…
