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 Thomas Gainsborough is an English landscape and portrait painter, one of the great English masters. He was born in Sudbury, Suffolk in the family of a clothier. He showed an aptitude for drawing early and first was encouraged by his mother, who was a woman of well-cultivated mind and excelled in flower-painting. He used to spend a lot of time outdoors, drawing. In 1740, at the age of 13 he was sent to London to study art. He spent several years working in the studios of different artists, one of whom was Hubert Gravelot, a draughtsman and engraver, another one was a scene-painter and illustrator Francis Hayman.
       In 1748 Gainsborough presented The Charterhouse (1748) to the Foundling Hospital, it was a way for the artist to show one of his works, because at that time there were no other possibilities for young artists. In 1746 Gainsborough married Margaret Burr, an illegitimate daughter of Duke of Beaufort. His wife brought the family an annuity of £200, which enabled him to start his career as a portrait-painter in Ipswich. Continued...
 

	Self-Portrait with His Wife, Margaret (probably). About 1746-47. Oil on canvas. Louvre, Paris, France.
	Gainsborough's Forest (Cornard Wood). c.1746-1747.  Oil on canvas. National Gallery, London, UK.
	Landscape with Sandpit. c.1746-1747. Oil on canvas. National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
	The Charterhouse. Presented to the Foundling Hospital by the artist, 1748. Oil on canvas. Thomas Coram Foundation, London, UK.
	Robert Andrews and His Wife Frances. Detail. About 1748-49. Oil on canvas. National Gallery, London, UK. More.
	Heneage Lloyd and His Sister. 1750s. Oil on canvas. Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK.
	Thomas Gainsborough, with His Wife and Elder Daughter, Mary. About 1751-2. Oil on canvas. Marquis of Cholmondeley, Houghton, UK.
	John Kirby. c.1752-1753. Oil on canvas. Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK. More.
	John Plampin. About 1753-4. Oil on canvas. National Gallery, London, UK. More.
	River Landscape with Rustic Lovers. c.1754-1756. Oil on canvas. St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MI, USA.
	The Painter's Daughters, Margaret and Mary, Chasing Butterfly. About 1756. Oil on canvas. National Gallery, London, UK.
	Self-Portrait. About 1758-59. Oil on canvas. National Portrait Gallery, London, UK.
	William Wollaston. About 1758-9. Oil on canvas. Christchurch Mansion, Ipswich, UK. More.
	The Artist's Wife. c.1758. Oil on canvas. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemaldegalerie, Berlin, Germany. More.
	The Painter's Daughters, Margaret and Mary, Holding a Cat. About 1759. Not finished. Oil on canvas. National Gallery, London, UK.
	Edward Richard Gardiner. 1760-1768. Oil on canvas. Tate Gallery, London, UK.
	Robert Price. c.1760. Oil on canvas. Neue Pinakothek, Munich, Germany. More.
	Wooded Landscape with a Waggon in the Shade. 1760s. Oil on canvas. British Museum, London, UK.
	Mrs. Philip Thicknesse, nee Anne Ford. 1760. Oil on canvas. Art Museum, Cincinnati, USA. More.
	Lady Alston. 1760-1765. Oil on canvas. Louvre, Paris, France.
	William Poyntz. Exhibited S.A. 1762. Oil on canvas. Earl Spencer, Althorp, UK.
	Mary, Countess Howe. About 1763-4. Oil on canvas. Iveagh Bequest, Kenwood, UK. More.
	Mrs. Christopher Horton, later Anne, Duchess of Cumberland. 1766. Oil on canvas. National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. More.
	The Harvest Wagon. Exhibited S.A. 1767. Oil on canvas. Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham, UK.
	Pesants Returning from Market. c.1767-1768. Oil on canvas. Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH, USA.
	Mary, Duchess of Montagu. About 1768. Oil on canvas. Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, Bowhill, UK.
	John, 10th Viscount Kilmorey. About 1768. Oil on canvas. Tate Gallery, London, UK.
	Isabella, Viscountess Molyneux. 1769. Oil on canvas. Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK. More.
	Duchess of Beaufort. 1770s. Oil on canvas. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.
	Gainsborough Dupont. 1770s. Oil on canvas. Tate Gallery, London, UK. More.
	View of King's Bromley-on-Trent, Staffordshire. About 1768-70. Oil on canvas. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
	The Artist's Daughters. 1770. Oil on canvas. Private collection, UK.
	The Blue Boy. Exhibited R.A. 1770. Oil on canvas. Henry E. Huntington Art Gallery, San Marino, CA, USA. More.
	Master John Heathcote. c.1770-1774. Oil on canvas. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA.
	Edward, 2nd Viscount Ligonier. Exhibited R.A. 1771. Oil on canvas. Henry E. Huntington Art Gallery, San Marino, CA, USA.
	Penelope, Viscountess Ligonier. Exhibited R.A. 1771. Oil on canvas. Henry E. Huntington Art Gallery, San Marino, CA, USA.
	Captain William Wade. 1771. Oil on canvas. Private Collection, Stratfordshire, UK. More.
	The Artist's Daughter Margaret. 1772. Oil on canvas. Tate Gallery, London, UK.
	The Linley Sisters. 1772. Oil on canvas. Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, UK. More.
	Dr. Isaac Henrique Sequeira. 1775. Oil on canvas. Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain.
	The Honorable Mrs. Graham. 1775. Oil on canvas. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA. More.
	Squire John Wilkinson. c.1776. Oil on canvas. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemaldegalerie, Berlin, Germany.
	The Hon. Mrs. Thomas Graham. Exhibited R.A. 1777. Oil on canvas. National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK. More.