About this artwork
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artist:Thomas Gainsborough (1727 - 1788) English
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title:A Boating Party
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date created:Unknown
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materials:Brush and grey wash on paper
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measurements:28.00 x 37.20 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Miss Helen Barlow Bequest 1976
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accession number:D 5023.19
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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 also...