Prcucu
Thomas Gainsborough The
Artist's
Daughters
1750-1761 oil on canvas, c.
4*
in.
(75. 6x
62.9cm)
Sat tonal
Gallery,
London
Probably painted
in
Bath
shortly after the artist's arrival at the
work
this
end of 759, 1
an unfinished
is
draft: in particular, the cat
Margaret holds
that
arms
in
her
barely sketched.
is
Very different from the
on shows the
portraits painted
commission, artist's
it
daughters in
a
natural, familiar pose.
Thomas Gainsborough Mrs. Grace Dalrymple Elliott
c.
oil
1778
on canvas,
60Âť/2
x
92>/4 in.
(153.6 x 234.3 cm) Metropolitan
New
Museum
of.irt,
York
Exhibited
Academy painting
at
the Roval
in
1778, the
was commissioned
bv Lord Cholmondelev, the subject's lover, and
portrays one of the most
famous courtesans of the time, nicknamed "Tall Dally." Here the artist's mature style is easily recognizable in the
combination of van Dvck's monumental approach with the grace and c ofWatteau: the and richlv dress,
ind
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hairstyle.
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