Thomas Gainsborough
Painter
Thomas Gainsborough RA FRSA was an English portrait and landscape painter, draughtsman, and printmaker. Along with his rival Sir Joshua Reynolds, he is considered one of the most important British artists of the second half of the 18th century. Wikipedia
Born: May 14, 1727, Sudbury, Suffolk
Died: August 2, 1788 (age 61 years), London, United Kingdom
Periods: Rococo and Romanticism
Children: Mary Gainsborough Fischer and Margaret Gainsborough
Spouse: Margaret Burr (m. 1746–1788)
Parents: Mary Burroughs and John Gainsborough
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