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Summary

Thomas Gainsborough: Thomas Gainsborough

Artist



Description	British painter, engraver and draughtsman
Date of birth/death	14 May 1727	2 August 1788
Location of birth/death	Sudbury	London
Work location	Sudbury, London, Ipswich, Bath
Authority control	: Q192720 VIAF: 29542582 ISNI: 0000 0001 0883 0621 ULAN: 500115200 LCCN: n79055449 NLA: 35109328 WorldCat

Title

Self-portrait

Object type

painting

Genre

self-portrait

Description

This set of images was gathered by User:Dcoetzee from the National Portrait Gallery, London website using a special tool. All images in this batch have been confirmed as author died before 1939 according to the official death date listed by the NPG. See source website for additional information.

Depicted people

Thomas Gainsborough

Date

circa 1758-1759

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

Height: 76.2 cm (30 ″); Width: 63.5 cm (25 ″)

Collection

National Portrait Gallery

	Native name	National Portrait Gallery
	Location	London
	Coordinates	51° 30′ 33.84″ N, 0° 07′ 41.16″ W
	Established	1856
	Web page	www.npg.org.uk
	Authority control	: Q238587 VIAF: 121893961 ISNI: 0000 0001 2149 6058 ULAN: 500226159 LCCN: n79113062 Historic England: 1066285 WorldCat

Accession number

NPG 4446

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Source/Photographer

National Portrait Gallery: NPG 4446

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	16:54, 10 January 2014	2,400 × 2,911 (1.26 MB)	Hohum	Reverted to version as of 01:48, 30 March 2009. Brightening was not an improvement
	23:17, 2 May 2012	2,400 × 2,911 (3.72 MB)	GianniG46	brighter
	01:48, 30 March 2009	2,400 × 2,911 (1.26 MB)	Dcoetzee	{{Information \|Description=This set of images was gathered by User:Dcoetzee from the National Portrait Gallery, London website using a special tool. This description is for the initial mass upload, and they will be updated to be image-specific in a se