Thomas GainsboroughBritish, 1727–1788Drawing
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London, United Kingdom
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- The museum
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- Accession number
- DYCE.677
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In the catalog
Sources
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Image: Victoria and Albert Museum — © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Meanwhile, in the life of Thomas Gainsborough
The whole life14 May 1727
Born
15 July 1746
Marriage to Margaret Burr
On 15 July 1746 Gainsborough marries Margaret Burr, an illegitimate daughter of the Duke of Beaufort.
1759
The move to fashionable Bath
Having made his name as a portraitist in Ipswich, Gainsborough decides to move to the fashionable spa town of Bath, where two of his sisters live. There are so many portrait commissions there that they outstrip what he can handle.
November 1768
An invitation to found the Royal Academy
In November 1768 Joshua Reynolds sends Gainsborough an invitation to become one of the thirty-six founding members of the Royal Academy of Arts; the Academy is founded on 10 December 1768.
1774
The move to London: Schomberg House
In 1774 Gainsborough and his family move to London, to live in Schomberg House on Pall Mall.
2 August 1788
Died
