Thomas Gainsborough

rococo

Gainsborough Paintings 1727 - 1788 England, Rococo Painter

Augustus John, third Earl of Briston, 1768

Oil on canvas, 91.5 x 60 inches [232.4 x 152.4 cm]

Ickworth National Trust

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OIL PAINTING: Augustus John, third Earl of Briston, 1768
Of all the 18th-century English painters, Thomas Gainsborough was the most inventive and original, always prepared to experiment with new ideas and techniques, and yet he complained of his contemporary Sir Joshua Reynolds, "Damn him, how various he is." Gainsborough alone among the great portrait painters of the era also devoted serious attention to landscapes.