{"id":24597,"date":"2026-05-08T15:18:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T13:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oraziopuglisi.art\/?page_id=24597"},"modified":"2026-05-08T15:27:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T13:27:50","slug":"thomas-gainsborough","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oraziopuglisi.art\/index.php\/thomas-gainsborough\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Gainsborough"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 10px;\"><strong>Image mise en avant :<\/strong> <i>Autoportrait<\/i>\u00a0(vers 1758-1759) de Thomas Gainsborough, huile sur toile, Londres,\u00a0<a title=\"National Portrait Gallery (Royaume-Uni)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Portrait_Gallery_(Royaume-Uni)\">National Portrait Gallery<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough\">Thomas Gainsborough<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"vector-page-toolbar 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loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mw-file-element mw-file-upright aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/3\/3f\/Thomas_Gainsborough_by_Thomas_Gainsborough.jpg\/250px-Thomas_Gainsborough_by_Thomas_Gainsborough.jpg\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/3\/3f\/Thomas_Gainsborough_by_Thomas_Gainsborough.jpg\/500px-Thomas_Gainsborough_by_Thomas_Gainsborough.jpg 2x\" width=\"713\" height=\"864\" data-file-width=\"2400\" data-file-height=\"2911\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"legend\"><i>Autoportrait<\/i>\u00a0(vers 1758-1759) de Thomas Gainsborough, huile sur toile, Londres,\u00a0<a title=\"National Portrait Gallery (Royaume-Uni)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Portrait_Gallery_(Royaume-Uni)\">National Portrait Gallery<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div id=\"bodyContent\" class=\"vector-body ve-init-mw-desktopArticleTarget-targetContainer\" aria-labelledby=\"firstHeading\" data-mw-ve-target-container=\"\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" class=\"mw-body-content\">\n<div class=\"mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output\" dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"fr\">\n<div class=\"infobox_v3 infobox infobox--frwiki noarchive large\">\n<table>\n<caption>Biographie<\/caption>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"\">\n<th scope=\"row\">Naissance<\/th>\n<td class=\"\">\n<div><span class=\"wd_p569\"><time class=\"nowrap date-lien\" datetime=\"1727-05-14\" data-sort-value=\"1727-05-14\"><a title=\"14 mai\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/14_mai\">14 mai<\/a><a title=\"1727\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1727\">1727<\/a><\/time><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"wd_p19\"><a title=\"Sudbury (Suffolk)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sudbury_(Suffolk)\">Sudbury<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"\">\n<th scope=\"row\">D\u00e9c\u00e8s<\/th>\n<td class=\"\">\n<div><span class=\"wd_p570\"><time class=\"nowrap date-lien\" datetime=\"1788-08-02\" data-sort-value=\"1788-08-02\"><a title=\"2 ao\u00fbt\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2_ao%C3%BBt\">2<\/a><a title=\"Ao\u00fbt 1788\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ao%C3%BBt_1788\">ao\u00fbt<\/a><a title=\"1788\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1788\">1788<\/a><\/time><\/span>\u00a0(\u00e0 61\u00a0ans)<br \/>\n<span class=\"wd_p20\"><a title=\"Londres\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Londres\">Londres<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"\">\n<th scope=\"row\">S\u00e9pulture<\/th>\n<td class=\"\">\n<div><span class=\"wd_p119\">\u00c9glise Sainte-Anne de Kew\u00a0<small>(<a class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:St Anne's Church, Kew\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/St_Anne%27s_Church,_Kew\"><span class=\"indicateur-langue\" title=\"Article sur Wikip\u00e9dia en anglais\">en<\/span><\/a>)<\/small><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"\">\n<th scope=\"row\">Formation<\/th>\n<td class=\"\">\n<div><span class=\"wd_p69\">Sudbury Grammar School\u00a0<small>(<a class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sudbury Grammar School\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sudbury_Grammar_School\"><span class=\"indicateur-langue\" title=\"Article sur Wikip\u00e9dia en anglais\">en<\/span><\/a>)<\/small><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"\">\n<th scope=\"row\">Activit\u00e9s<\/th>\n<td class=\"\">\n<div><span class=\"wd_p106\"><a title=\"Artiste peintre\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Artiste_peintre\">Peintre<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Dessinateur\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dessinateur#B%C3%A2timent\">dessinateur en b\u00e2timent<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Gravure\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gravure\">graveur<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Peinture de paysage\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peinture_de_paysage\">peintre de paysage<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Dessinateur\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dessinateur\">dessinateur<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Portrait\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portrait\">portraitiste<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Artiste\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Artiste\">artiste<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"\">\n<th scope=\"row\">P\u00e8re<\/th>\n<td class=\"\">\n<div><span class=\"wd_p22\">John Gainsborough\u00a0<small>(<a class=\"extiw\" title=\"d:Q111996247\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/wiki\/Q111996247\"><span class=\"indicateur-langue\" title=\"Voir l'\u00e9l\u00e9ment Wikidata correspondant\">d<\/span><\/a>)<\/small><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"\">\n<th scope=\"row\">M\u00e8re<\/th>\n<td class=\"\">\n<div><span class=\"wd_p25\">Mary Elizabeth Burroughs\u00a0<small>(<a class=\"extiw\" title=\"d:Q111996251\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/wiki\/Q111996251\"><span class=\"indicateur-langue\" title=\"Voir l'\u00e9l\u00e9ment Wikidata correspondant\">d<\/span><\/a>)<\/small><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"\">\n<th scope=\"row\">Conjoint<\/th>\n<td class=\"\">\n<div><span class=\"wd_p26\">Margaret Burr Gainsborough\u00a0<small>(<a class=\"extiw\" title=\"d:Q107466688\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/wiki\/Q107466688\"><span class=\"indicateur-langue\" title=\"Voir l'\u00e9l\u00e9ment Wikidata correspondant\">d<\/span><\/a>)<\/small><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"\">\n<th scope=\"row\">Enfants<\/th>\n<td class=\"\">\n<div><span class=\"wd_p40\">Mary Gainsborough Fischer\u00a0<small>(<a class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mary Gainsborough\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mary_Gainsborough\"><span class=\"indicateur-langue\" title=\"Article sur Wikip\u00e9dia en anglais\">en<\/span><\/a>)<\/small><br \/>\nMargaret Gainsborough\u00a0<small>(<a class=\"extiw\" title=\"d:Q107448248\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/wiki\/Q107448248\"><span class=\"indicateur-langue\" title=\"Voir l'\u00e9l\u00e9ment Wikidata correspondant\">d<\/span><\/a>)<\/small><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"\">\n<th scope=\"row\">Parent\u00e8le<\/th>\n<td class=\"\">\n<div><span class=\"wd_p1038\"><a title=\"Gainsborough Dupont\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gainsborough_Dupont\">Gainsborough Dupont<\/a>\u00a0(neveu)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<caption>Autres informations<\/caption>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"\">\n<th scope=\"row\">Membre de<\/th>\n<td class=\"\">\n<div><span class=\"wd_p463\"><a title=\"Royal Academy of Arts\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Royal_Academy_of_Arts\">Royal Academy<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"\">\n<th scope=\"row\">Mouvements<\/th>\n<td class=\"\">\n<div><span class=\"wd_p135\"><a title=\"Rococo\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rococo\">Rococo<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Peinture anglaise\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peinture_anglaise\">Peinture anglaise<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"\">\n<th scope=\"row\">Genres artistiques<\/th>\n<td class=\"\">\n<div><span class=\"wd_p136\"><a title=\"Peinture de portrait\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peinture_de_portrait\">Peinture de portrait<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Peinture de paysage\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peinture_de_paysage\">paysage<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Portrait\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portrait\">portrait<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<caption>\u0152uvres principales<\/caption>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"\">\n<td class=\"\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><i><a title=\"Les \u00c9poux Andrews\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Les_%C3%89poux_Andrews\">Les \u00c9poux Andrews<\/a><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"L'Enfant bleu (peinture)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/L%27Enfant_bleu_(peinture)\">L&rsquo;Enfant bleu<\/a><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><a title=\"La Femme en bleu (Gainsborough)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/La_Femme_en_bleu_(Gainsborough)\">La Femme en bleu<\/a><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><a title=\"Portrait de Lady Alston\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portrait_de_Lady_Alston\">Portrait de Lady Alston<\/a><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div>\n<div class=\"images\"><a class=\"mw-file-description\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Tomb_of_Thomas_Gainsborough.jpg?uselang=fr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mw-file-element mw-file-upright aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/9\/91\/Tomb_of_Thomas_Gainsborough.jpg\/120px-Tomb_of_Thomas_Gainsborough.jpg\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/9\/91\/Tomb_of_Thomas_Gainsborough.jpg\/250px-Tomb_of_Thomas_Gainsborough.jpg 2x\" width=\"633\" height=\"842\" data-file-width=\"2448\" data-file-height=\"3264\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"legend\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Vue de la s\u00e9pulture.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"navbar noprint bordered navigation-not-searchable\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Thomas Gainsborough<\/b>, n\u00e9 \u00e0\u00a0<a title=\"Sudbury (Suffolk)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sudbury_(Suffolk)\">Sudbury<\/a>\u00a0le\u00a0<time class=\"nowrap bday\" datetime=\"1727-05-14\" data-sort-value=\"1727-05-14\">14 mai 1727<\/time>\u00a0et mort \u00e0\u00a0<a title=\"Londres\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Londres\">Londres<\/a>\u00a0le\u00a0<time class=\"nowrap dday\" datetime=\"1788-08-02\" data-sort-value=\"1788-08-02\">2 ao\u00fbt 1788<\/time>, est un\u00a0<a title=\"Artiste peintre\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Artiste_peintre\">artiste peintre<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Gravure\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gravure\">graveur<\/a>\u00a0et\u00a0<a title=\"Dessinateur\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dessinateur\">dessinateur<\/a>\u00a0britannique d&rsquo;origine anglaise, l&rsquo;un des plus c\u00e9l\u00e8bres\u00a0<a title=\"Portrait\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portrait\">portraitistes<\/a>\u00a0et\u00a0<a title=\"Peinture de paysage\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peinture_de_paysage\">paysagistes<\/a>\u00a0du\u00a0<a title=\"XVIIIe si\u00e8cle\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/XVIIIe_si%C3%A8cle\"><abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"18\u1d49 si\u00e8cle\"><span class=\"romain\">XVIII<\/span><sup>e<\/sup><\/abbr>\u00a0si\u00e8cle<\/a>\u00a0et une figure majeure de l&rsquo;<a title=\"Peinture anglaise\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peinture_anglaise\">\u00ab\u00a0\u00e9cole anglaise de peinture\u00a0\u00bb<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Thomas Gainsborough: A collection of 500 paintings (HD)\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L40fri3Vi48?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"bodyContent\" class=\"vector-body ve-init-mw-desktopArticleTarget-targetContainer\" aria-labelledby=\"firstHeading\" data-mw-ve-target-container=\"\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" class=\"mw-body-content\">\n<div class=\"mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output\" dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"fr\">\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading2\">\n<h2 id=\"Biographie\">Biographie<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading3\">\n<h3 id=\"Origines_familiales,_enfance_et_\u00e9ducation\">Origines familiales, enfance et \u00e9ducation<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"mw-default-size mw-halign-left\"><a class=\"mw-file-description\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Gainsboroughs_house_Sudbury.JPG?uselang=fr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mw-file-element mw-file-upright\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/9\/9c\/Gainsboroughs_house_Sudbury.JPG\/250px-Gainsboroughs_house_Sudbury.JPG\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/9\/9c\/Gainsboroughs_house_Sudbury.JPG\/500px-Gainsboroughs_house_Sudbury.JPG 2x\" width=\"190\" height=\"253\" data-file-width=\"2736\" data-file-height=\"3648\" \/><\/a><figcaption><center>La maison d&rsquo;enfance de Gainsborough \u00e0\u00a0<a title=\"Sudbury (Suffolk)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sudbury_(Suffolk)\">Sudbury<\/a>, devenue un mus\u00e9e et situ\u00e9e sur Gainsborough Street.<\/center><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thomas Gainsborough est n\u00e9 au d\u00e9but du printemps 1727, sur Sepulchre Street, \u00e0\u00a0<a title=\"Sudbury (Suffolk)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sudbury_(Suffolk)\">Sudbury<\/a>, dans le\u00a0<a title=\"Suffolk\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Suffolk\">Suffolk<\/a>, au nord-est de Londres \u2014 distante d&rsquo;une centaine de km \u2014, en\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"East Anglia\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/East_Anglia\">East Anglia<\/a>. Il est baptis\u00e9 le 14 mai dans la paroisse de St. Gregory, \u00e0 l\u2019<i>Independant Meeting-House<\/i>, ce qui laisse entendre que son p\u00e8re \u00e9tait une sorte de\u00a0<a title=\"Dissidents anglais\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dissidents_anglais\">dissident<\/a>, en marge de la\u00a0<a title=\"Anglicanisme\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anglicanisme\">doxa anglicane<\/a>. La date de naissance pr\u00e9cise de Thomas reste inconnue. Sa m\u00e8re s&rsquo;appelle Mary Elizabeth, n\u00e9e Burroughs, elle donne au moins neuf enfants \u00e0 John Gainsborough (cinq gar\u00e7ons et quatre filles), et Thomas est leur cinqui\u00e8me fils. John, exerce le m\u00e9tier de\u00a0<a title=\"Drapier\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Drapier\">drapier<\/a>, ou, plus certainement de\u00a0<a title=\"Modiste\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Modiste\">modiste<\/a>\u00a0(<i>milliner<\/i>), et de n\u00e9gociant en\u00a0<a title=\"Feutre (textile)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Feutre_(textile)\">feutre<\/a>, en lien avec l&rsquo;ancestral commerce local de la laine. Parmi les oncles maternels de Thomas, on compte le r\u00e9v\u00e9rend Humphry Burroughs. Thomas a parmi ses fr\u00e8res a\u00een\u00e9s Humphrey Gainsborough (1718-1776), un homme d&rsquo;\u00e9glise assez excentrique, qui se lan\u00e7a dans la m\u00e9canique et inventa vers 1766 une m\u00e9thode pour condenser la vapeur\u00a0; un autre, pr\u00e9nomm\u00e9 John (1711-1789), passait son temps \u00e0 dessiner des prototypes assez curieux et complexes, et surtout infaisables\u00a0: toujours \u00e0 cours d&rsquo;argent, on le surnomma\u00a0<i>Scheming Jack<\/i><sup id=\"cite_ref-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-1\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>N 1<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>. Comme ses fr\u00e8res, Thomas est instruit \u00e0 la\u00a0<a title=\"Grammar school\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grammar_school\">Grammar school<\/a>\u00a0de Sudbury, qui est dirig\u00e9e par son oncle Humphry. Son don pour le dessin se r\u00e9v\u00e8le avant l&rsquo;\u00e2ge de 13 ans<sup id=\"cite_ref-2\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-2\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>1<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>. D\u00e8s sa plus tendre enfance, sa m\u00e8re, tr\u00e8s \u00e9duqu\u00e9e et peintre de fleurs \u00e0 ses heures, l&rsquo;avait encourag\u00e9 \u00e0 dessiner. Dans la fratrie, il est le dernier gar\u00e7on, et le soin avec lequel elle l&rsquo;\u00e9duqua, a sans aucun doute marqu\u00e9 la sensibilit\u00e9 du futur peintre, qui passait beaucoup de temps dans la campagne environnante, travers\u00e9e par la\u00a0<a title=\"Stour (Suffolk)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stour_(Suffolk)\">Stour<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-3\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-3\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>2<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading3\">\n<h3 id=\"Premier_s\u00e9jour_\u00e0_Londres\">Premier s\u00e9jour \u00e0 Londres<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">C&rsquo;est au cours de sa treizi\u00e8me ann\u00e9e, que son oncle et ses parents lui trouvent une place de dessinateur-graveur sur m\u00e9tal chez un orf\u00e8vre londonien \u2014 dont l&rsquo;identit\u00e9 reste un myst\u00e8re. En 1741-1742, gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 ce dernier, il devient apprenti-graveur chez\u00a0<a title=\"Hubert-Fran\u00e7ois Gravelot\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hubert-Fran%C3%A7ois_Gravelot\">Hubert-Fran\u00e7ois Gravelot<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-4\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-4\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>3<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>, un artiste fran\u00e7ais install\u00e9 \u00e0 Londres depuis dix ans. Il semble \u00e9vident que Thomas acquiert aupr\u00e8s de lui l&rsquo;art de l&rsquo;<a title=\"Eau-forte\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eau-forte\">eau-forte<\/a>, ou du moins les secrets pour graver des plaques de cuivre. Son apprentissage va durer deux ans, au cours desquels il croise\u00a0<a title=\"Charles Grignion\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Grignion\">Charles Grignion<\/a>, un autre \u00e9l\u00e8ve de Gravelot, et l&rsquo;assistant de\u00a0<a title=\"William Hogarth\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Hogarth\">William Hogarth<\/a>. Son ma\u00eetre l&rsquo;inscrit dans la foul\u00e9e \u00e0 la\u00a0<a title=\"St Martin's Lane Academy\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/St_Martin%27s_Lane_Academy\">St Martin&rsquo;s Lane Academy<\/a>, une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 d&rsquo;artistes dont Gravelot est membre<sup id=\"cite_ref-5\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-5\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>4<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>. Cette \u00ab\u00a0acad\u00e9mie\u00a0\u00bb, fond\u00e9e en 1735 par Hogarth et situ\u00e9e \u00e0\u00a0<a title=\"Covent Garden\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Covent_Garden\">Covent Garden<\/a>, permet au jeune Thomas de pratiquer l&rsquo;art de peindre et le dessin, sans pour autant d\u00e9laisser la gravure. Thomas a produit durant son apprentissage des dessins<sup id=\"cite_ref-6\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-6\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>5<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>\u00a0figurant des t\u00eates de personnalit\u00e9s, destin\u00e9es \u00e0 illustrer un ouvrage de\u00a0<a title=\"Thomas Birch\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Birch\">Thomas Birch<\/a>,\u00a0<i>The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain<\/i>, dont les graveurs principaux sont\u00a0<a title=\"Jacobus Houbraken\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jacobus_Houbraken\">Houbraken<\/a>\u00a0et\u00a0<a title=\"George Vertue\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Vertue\">George Vertue<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-7\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-7\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>6<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>. L&rsquo;un des enseignants de cet \u00e9tablissement est\u00a0<a title=\"Francis Hayman\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Francis_Hayman\">Francis Hayman<\/a>\u00a0: d&rsquo;apr\u00e8s Thomas lui-m\u00eame, et ses nombreux amis, il n&rsquo;aurait assist\u00e9 que tr\u00e8s peu de temps \u00e0 ses cours, ce qui devait conf\u00e9rer \u00e0 Gainsborough la r\u00e9putation d&rsquo;<a title=\"Autoformation\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Autoformation\">autodidacte<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-8\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-8\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>7<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"mw-default-size\"><a class=\"mw-file-description\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Thomas_Gainsborough_-_Conversation_in_a_Park_(1746).jpg?uselang=fr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mw-file-element mw-file-upright\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/d\/d9\/Thomas_Gainsborough_-_Conversation_in_a_Park_%281746%29.jpg\/250px-Thomas_Gainsborough_-_Conversation_in_a_Park_%281746%29.jpg\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/d\/d9\/Thomas_Gainsborough_-_Conversation_in_a_Park_%281746%29.jpg\/500px-Thomas_Gainsborough_-_Conversation_in_a_Park_%281746%29.jpg 2x\" width=\"190\" height=\"218\" data-file-width=\"3161\" data-file-height=\"3626\" \/><\/a><figcaption><center><i><a title=\"Conversation dans un parc\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Conversation_dans_un_parc\">Conversation dans un parc<\/a><\/i>\u00a0(1746), huile sur toile, mus\u00e9e du Louvre<sup id=\"cite_ref-9\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-9\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>8<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/center><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">L&rsquo;ann\u00e9e 1745 demeure assez \u00e9nigmatique\u00a0: Thomas quitte l&rsquo;Acad\u00e9mie, revient bri\u00e8vement chez ses parents, puis se trouve un local \u00e0 Londres\u00a0: son premier m\u00e9c\u00e8ne<sup id=\"cite_ref-10\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-10\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>9<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>\u00a0semble avoir \u00e9t\u00e9 une relation d&rsquo;affaires des Gainsborough, le\u00a0<a title=\"Huguenot\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Huguenot\">huguenot<\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Thomas Fonnereau\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Fonnereau\">Thomas Fonnereau<\/a>, membre de la\u00a0<a title=\"Chambre des communes de Grande-Bretagne\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chambre_des_communes_de_Grande-Bretagne\">Chambre des communes<\/a>\u00a0pour le comt\u00e9 du Suffolk, par ailleurs en lien avec\u00a0<a title=\"Joshua Kirby\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joshua_Kirby\">Joshua Kirby<\/a>. Il poss\u00e8de une vaste demeure \u00e0\u00a0<a title=\"Ipswich\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ipswich\">Ipswich<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-11\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-11\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>10<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>. Toujours est-il que d\u00e8s 1646-1747, Gainsborough commence \u00e0 se faire un nom, ou du moins b\u00e9n\u00e9ficie d&rsquo;un r\u00e9seau, d&rsquo;un cercle. Hogarth, gouverneur du\u00a0<a title=\"Foundling Hospital\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foundling_Hospital\">Foundling Hospital<\/a>, un orphelinat dirig\u00e9 par le capitaine philanthrope\u00a0<a title=\"Thomas Coram\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Coram\">Thomas Coram<\/a>\u00a0et achev\u00e9 en 1745 du c\u00f4t\u00e9 de\u00a0<a title=\"Bloomsbury (Londres)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bloomsbury_(Londres)\">Bloomsbury<\/a>, emploie le jeune Gainsborough, tout comme Francis Hayman, qui lui, l&#8217;emploie \u00e0 la d\u00e9coration des\u00a0<i>supper boxes<\/i>\u00a0\u2014 des petits pavillons am\u00e9nag\u00e9s, d&rsquo;un style\u00a0<a title=\"Palladianisme\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palladianisme\">n\u00e9opalladien<\/a>, comparables \u00e0 des\u00a0<a title=\"Guinguette\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guinguette\">guinguettes<\/a>, pouvant accueillir convives et musiciens \u2014 aux\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Vauxhall Gardens\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vauxhall_Gardens\">Vauxhall Gardens<\/a>, un lieu mondain et assez\u00a0<a title=\"Libertin\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Libertin\">libertin<\/a>, qui semble fasciner le jeune homme. L&rsquo;une de ses premi\u00e8res peintures,\u00a0<i><a title=\"Conversation dans un parc\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Conversation_dans_un_parc\">Conversation dans un parc<\/a><\/i>\u00a0(1746,\u00a0<a title=\"Mus\u00e9e du Louvre\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mus%C3%A9e_du_Louvre\">mus\u00e9e du Louvre<\/a>), figurant un jeune couple, prend place ici\u00a0: cette \u0153uvre, une\u00a0<a title=\"Sc\u00e8ne de genre\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sc%C3%A8ne_de_genre\">sc\u00e8ne de genre<\/a>, introduit aux nombreuses\u00a0<a title=\"Conversation piece (peinture)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Conversation_piece_(peinture)\"><i>conversation pieces<\/i><\/a>\u00a0produites par le peintre, un genre typiquement anglais et tr\u00e8s en vogue. S&rsquo;agit-il d&rsquo;un autoportrait\u00a0?<sup id=\"cite_ref-12\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-12\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>11<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading3\">\n<h3 id=\"Gainsborough_charg\u00e9_de_famille_:_retour_au_Suffolk\">Gainsborough charg\u00e9 de famille\u00a0: retour au Suffolk<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"mw-default-size\"><a class=\"mw-file-description\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Thomas_Gainsborough_-_Portrait_of_the_Artist_with_his_Wife_and_Daughter_(c._1748).jpg?uselang=fr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mw-file-element mw-file-upright\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/f\/f8\/Thomas_Gainsborough_-_Portrait_of_the_Artist_with_his_Wife_and_Daughter_%28c._1748%29.jpg\/250px-Thomas_Gainsborough_-_Portrait_of_the_Artist_with_his_Wife_and_Daughter_%28c._1748%29.jpg\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/f\/f8\/Thomas_Gainsborough_-_Portrait_of_the_Artist_with_his_Wife_and_Daughter_%28c._1748%29.jpg\/500px-Thomas_Gainsborough_-_Portrait_of_the_Artist_with_his_Wife_and_Daughter_%28c._1748%29.jpg 2x\" width=\"190\" height=\"247\" data-file-width=\"4622\" data-file-height=\"6000\" \/><\/a><figcaption><center><i>L&rsquo;Artiste avec sa femme et sa fille<\/i>\u00a0(1748), huile sur toile, Londres,\u00a0<a title=\"National Gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Gallery\">National Gallery<\/a>.<\/center><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"mw-default-size\"><a class=\"mw-file-description\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Thomas_Gainsborough_(1727-1788)_-_Portrait_of_the_Painter%27s_Two_Daughters_-_F.9_-_Victoria_and_Albert_Museum.jpg?uselang=fr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mw-file-element mw-file-upright\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/4\/4d\/Thomas_Gainsborough_%281727-1788%29_-_Portrait_of_the_Painter%27s_Two_Daughters_-_F.9_-_Victoria_and_Albert_Museum.jpg\/250px-Thomas_Gainsborough_%281727-1788%29_-_Portrait_of_the_Painter%27s_Two_Daughters_-_F.9_-_Victoria_and_Albert_Museum.jpg\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/4\/4d\/Thomas_Gainsborough_%281727-1788%29_-_Portrait_of_the_Painter%27s_Two_Daughters_-_F.9_-_Victoria_and_Albert_Museum.jpg\/500px-Thomas_Gainsborough_%281727-1788%29_-_Portrait_of_the_Painter%27s_Two_Daughters_-_F.9_-_Victoria_and_Albert_Museum.jpg 2x\" width=\"190\" height=\"121\" data-file-width=\"800\" data-file-height=\"510\" \/><\/a><figcaption><center><i>Portrait of the Painter&rsquo;s Two Daughters<\/i>, huile sur toile, 1758, Londres,\u00a0<a title=\"Victoria and Albert Museum\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Victoria_and_Albert_Museum\">Victoria and Albert Museum<\/a>\u00a0: ce tableau fut divis\u00e9 en deux parties, vendues, puis a \u00e9t\u00e9 reconstitu\u00e9 vers 1878\u00a0; Mary est \u00e0 gauche<sup id=\"cite_ref-13\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-13\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>12<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/center><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"mw-default-size\"><a class=\"mw-file-description\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Thomas_Gainsborough_(1727-1788)_-_Tom_Pear_Tree_-_R.1902-10_-_Colchester_and_Ipswich_Museums_Service.jpg?uselang=fr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mw-file-element mw-file-upright\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/6\/62\/Thomas_Gainsborough_%281727-1788%29_-_Tom_Pear_Tree_-_R.1902-10_-_Colchester_and_Ipswich_Museums_Service.jpg\/250px-Thomas_Gainsborough_%281727-1788%29_-_Tom_Pear_Tree_-_R.1902-10_-_Colchester_and_Ipswich_Museums_Service.jpg\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/6\/62\/Thomas_Gainsborough_%281727-1788%29_-_Tom_Pear_Tree_-_R.1902-10_-_Colchester_and_Ipswich_Museums_Service.jpg\/500px-Thomas_Gainsborough_%281727-1788%29_-_Tom_Pear_Tree_-_R.1902-10_-_Colchester_and_Ipswich_Museums_Service.jpg 2x\" width=\"190\" height=\"166\" data-file-width=\"1200\" data-file-height=\"1050\" \/><\/a><figcaption><i>Tom Peer Tree<\/i>, un petit portrait intimiste d&rsquo;un jeune voisin (v. 1750-1759, huile sur bois), Ipswich, Colchester and Ipswich Museums<sup id=\"cite_ref-14\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-14\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>13<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Cette ann\u00e9e-l\u00e0, en juillet 1746, \u00e2g\u00e9 de 19 ans, il \u00e9pouse en effet Margaret Burr, d&rsquo;une ann\u00e9e plus jeune que lui<sup id=\"cite_ref-15\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-15\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>14<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>. D&rsquo;origine \u00e9cossaise, elle est la s\u0153ur d&rsquo;un employ\u00e9 du p\u00e8re de Thomas, et b\u00e9n\u00e9ficie d&rsquo;une rente annuelle de 200\u00a0<a title=\"Livre sterling\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Livre_sterling\">livres sterling<\/a>, un revenu raisonnablement suffisant pour permettre au jeune couple de s&rsquo;\u00e9manciper, sans compter les commandes que re\u00e7oit Gainsborough<sup id=\"cite_ref-16\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-16\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>15<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>. Les revenus de Margaret semble provenir de\u00a0<a title=\"Henry Scudamore (3e duc de Beaufort)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henry_Scudamore_(3e_duc_de_Beaufort)\">Henry Scudamore,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"Troisi\u00e8me\">3<sup>e<\/sup><\/abbr>\u00a0duc de Beaufort<\/a>\u00a0: est-il son protecteur ou son p\u00e8re naturel, nul ne le sait<sup id=\"cite_ref-17\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-17\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>16<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">La couple quitte Londres pour le Suffolk \u2014 le fait de quitter la capitale peut s&rsquo;expliquer par le contexte politique et social\u00a0: Londres devient irrespirable au moment de la\u00a0<a title=\"Guerre de Succession d'Autriche\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guerre_de_Succession_d%27Autriche\">guerre de Succession d&rsquo;Autriche<\/a>\u00a0et des\u00a0<a title=\"R\u00e9bellion jacobite de 1745\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/R%C3%A9bellion_jacobite_de_1745\">r\u00e9voltes jacobites<\/a>, de l&rsquo;aveu m\u00eame de Hogarth et des nombreux t\u00e9moins de cette p\u00e9riode<sup id=\"cite_ref-18\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-18\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>17<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>. Le p\u00e8re de Thomas meurt chez lui, \u00e0 Sudbury, le 29 octobre 1748, \u00e2g\u00e9 de 65 ans. Margaret donne naissance \u00e0 une premi\u00e8re fille, Mary, en 1750, qu&rsquo;ils appel\u00e8rent\u00a0<i>Molly<\/i>\u00a0(d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9e en 1826). L&rsquo;ann\u00e9e suivante, na\u00eet\u00a0<i>Peggy<\/i>\u00a0(d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9e en 1820). La famille d\u00e9m\u00e9nage \u00e0\u00a0<a title=\"Ipswich\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ipswich\">Ipswich<\/a>. Elle b\u00e9n\u00e9ficie de l&rsquo;aide de Fonnereau, et de son r\u00e9seau. Thomas re\u00e7oit de plus en plus de commandes de portraits en conversation, figurant des notables locaux, avec vue sur des parcs et des paysages, lesquels occupent souvent plus de la moiti\u00e9 de la surface peinte, comme on peut le voir avec\u00a0<i><a title=\"Les \u00c9poux Andrews\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Les_%C3%89poux_Andrews\">Les \u00c9poux Andrews<\/a><\/i>\u00a0(1750, National Gallery). Il produit aussi bon nombre de paysages, qu&rsquo;il appelait ses\u00a0<i>landskips<\/i>, un genre que le peintre affectionnera toute sa vie durant<sup id=\"cite_ref-19\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-19\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>18<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Soucieux de l&rsquo;avenir de ses filles, Gainsborough veille \u00e0 ce qu&rsquo;elles soient bien \u00e9duqu\u00e9es, les envoyant dans un pensionnat exclusif \u00e0\u00a0<a title=\"Chelsea (Londres)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chelsea_(Londres)\">Chelsea<\/a>\u00a0et les encadrant en dessin et en\u00a0<a title=\"Peinture de paysage\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peinture_de_paysage\">peinture de paysage<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-20\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-20\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>19<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gainsborough rencontre \u00e0 Ipswich le peintre-graveur\u00a0<a title=\"Joshua Kirby\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joshua_Kirby\">Joshua Kirby<\/a>\u00a0\u00e0 l&rsquo;occasion de leur collaboration \u00e0 un tableau commun vers 1748. Peu apr\u00e8s, il a peint un portrait de son ami Kirby en compagnie de sa femme Sarah Bull, conserv\u00e9 \u00e0 la\u00a0<a title=\"National Portrait Gallery (Royaume-Uni)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Portrait_Gallery_(Royaume-Uni)\">National Portrait Gallery<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-21\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-21\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>20<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>. Ils resteront amis toute leur vie. C&rsquo;est \u00e9galement \u00e0 Ipswich que Gainsborough rencontre vers 1753 le capitaine\u00a0<a title=\"Philip Thicknesse\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philip_Thicknesse\">Philip Thicknesse<\/a>, qui reste l&rsquo;un des grands t\u00e9moins de la vie du peintre durant trente-cinq ans. Il affirma par la suite avoir \u00e9t\u00e9 celui qui l&rsquo;a fait conna\u00eetre au grand monde fr\u00e9quentant\u00a0<a title=\"Bath\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bath\">Bath<\/a>, ce qui semble un peu exag\u00e9r\u00e9<sup id=\"cite_ref-22\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-22\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>21<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>. Il est fort probable que Gainsborough fournisse des dessins et des gravures \u00e0 l&rsquo;imprimeur local, Craighton, en charge du\u00a0<i>Ipswich Journal<\/i>, lequel ne mentionne pourtant pas le peintre, alors que Kirby y publie de nombreuses annonces, dont une en 1751 o\u00f9 il est mentionn\u00e9 comme agent de deux estampes de Hogarth,\u00a0<a title=\"Beer Street et Gin Lane\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beer_Street_et_Gin_Lane\"><i>Beer Street<\/i>\u00a0et\u00a0<i>Gin Lane<\/i><\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-23\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-23\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>22<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Install\u00e9 dans une petite maison en briques qui servait d&rsquo;atelier, entour\u00e9e d&rsquo;un jardin, et situ\u00e9e \u2014\u00a0<i>opposite to Shire Hall<\/i>\u00a0\u2014 non loin des quais bordant la rivi\u00e8re Orwell, Gainsborough gagnait correctement sa vie si l&rsquo;on en juge par un extrait de sa correspondance<sup id=\"cite_ref-24\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-24\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>23<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>. Il fit le portrait de nombreux notables d&rsquo;Ipswich, tels le d\u00e9put\u00e9\u00a0<a class=\"new\" title=\"Richard Lloyd (1696-1761) (page inexistante)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Richard_Lloyd_(1696-1761)&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\">Richard Lloyd (1696-1761)<\/a>\u00a0<a class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Richard Lloyd (died 1761)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Lloyd_(died_1761)\"><span class=\"indicateur-langue\" title=\"Article en anglais\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0Richard Lloyd (died 1761)\u00a0\u00bb\">(en)<\/span><\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-25\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-25\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>24<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>, John Gravenor, apothicaire et homme politique local (1754)<sup id=\"cite_ref-26\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-26\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>25<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>, du r\u00e9v\u00e9rend et avocat Samuel Kilderbee (1725-1813), de l&rsquo;huissier de justice John Sparrowe<sup id=\"cite_ref-27\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-27\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>26<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Au printemps 1759, il fait le portrait de sa ni\u00e8ce Susanna Gardiner. La m\u00e8re de Susanna, Susan, \u00e9tait l\u2019une de ses s\u0153urs, menuisi\u00e8re dans leur ville natale de Sudbury. Le portrait \u00e9tait peut-\u00eatre destin\u00e9 \u00e0 \u00eatre un cadeau avant son d\u00e9part \u00e0 Bath<sup id=\"cite_ref-28\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-28\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>27<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>. Une annonce publi\u00e9e dans le journal local dat\u00e9e du 20 octobre 1759 mentionne que Gainsborough pour raison de d\u00e9part, vend une partie de ses biens<sup id=\"cite_ref-29\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-29\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>28<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading3\">\n<h3 id=\"Bath_et_la_renomm\u00e9e_(1760-1774)\">Bath et la renomm\u00e9e (1760-1774)<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"mw-default-size mw-halign-left\"><a class=\"mw-file-description\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:The_Circus_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5186755.jpg?uselang=fr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mw-file-element mw-file-upright\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/f\/fc\/The_Circus_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5186755.jpg\/250px-The_Circus_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5186755.jpg\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/f\/fc\/The_Circus_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5186755.jpg\/500px-The_Circus_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5186755.jpg 2x\" width=\"190\" height=\"127\" data-file-width=\"6000\" data-file-height=\"4000\" \/><\/a><figcaption><center>Vue actuelle en perspective de\u00a0<i>The Circus<\/i>\u00a0o\u00f9 v\u00e9cut Gainsborough de 1766 \u00e0 1774.<\/center><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"mw-default-size\"><a class=\"mw-file-description\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Portrait_of_Ann_Ford_(Gainsborough).jpg?uselang=fr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mw-file-element mw-file-upright\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/3\/33\/Portrait_of_Ann_Ford_%28Gainsborough%29.jpg\/250px-Portrait_of_Ann_Ford_%28Gainsborough%29.jpg\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/3\/33\/Portrait_of_Ann_Ford_%28Gainsborough%29.jpg\/500px-Portrait_of_Ann_Ford_%28Gainsborough%29.jpg 2x\" width=\"190\" height=\"279\" data-file-width=\"6536\" data-file-height=\"9612\" \/><\/a><figcaption><center><i>Portrait d&rsquo;Ann Ford<\/i>\u00a0(1760), huile sur toile,\u00a0<a title=\"Cincinnati Art Museum\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cincinnati_Art_Museum\">Cincinnati Art Museum<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-30\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-30\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>29<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/center><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"mw-default-size\"><a class=\"mw-file-description\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Thomas_Gainsborough_001.jpg?uselang=fr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mw-file-element mw-file-upright\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/6\/68\/Thomas_Gainsborough_001.jpg\/250px-Thomas_Gainsborough_001.jpg\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/6\/68\/Thomas_Gainsborough_001.jpg\/500px-Thomas_Gainsborough_001.jpg 2x\" width=\"190\" height=\"159\" data-file-width=\"2024\" data-file-height=\"1691\" \/><\/a><figcaption><center><i>The Harvest Wagon<\/i>\u00a0(version de 1767), huile sur toile,\u00a0<a title=\"Barber Institute of Fine Arts\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barber_Institute_of_Fine_Arts\">Barber Institute of Fine Arts<\/a>.<\/center><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"mw-default-size\"><a class=\"mw-file-description\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:The_Blue_Boy.jpg?uselang=fr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mw-file-element mw-file-upright\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/b\/b6\/The_Blue_Boy.jpg\/250px-The_Blue_Boy.jpg\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/b\/b6\/The_Blue_Boy.jpg\/500px-The_Blue_Boy.jpg 2x\" width=\"190\" height=\"281\" data-file-width=\"872\" data-file-height=\"1289\" \/><\/a><figcaption><center><i><a title=\"L'Enfant bleu (Gainsborough)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/L%27Enfant_bleu_(Gainsborough)\">L&rsquo;Enfant bleu<\/a><\/i>, huile sur toile, 1770,\u00a0<a title=\"San Marino (Californie)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/San_Marino_(Californie)\">San Marino (Californie)<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Biblioth\u00e8que Huntington\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Biblioth%C3%A8que_Huntington\">Biblioth\u00e8que Huntington<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-31\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-31\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>30<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/center><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"mw-default-size\"><a class=\"mw-file-description\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Gainsborough_Dupont_by_Gainsborough.jpg?uselang=fr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mw-file-element mw-file-upright\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/8\/8d\/Gainsborough_Dupont_by_Gainsborough.jpg\/250px-Gainsborough_Dupont_by_Gainsborough.jpg\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/8\/8d\/Gainsborough_Dupont_by_Gainsborough.jpg 2x\" width=\"190\" height=\"237\" data-file-width=\"375\" data-file-height=\"467\" \/><\/a><figcaption><center><i>Portrait de Gainsborough Dupont<\/i>\u00a0(esquisse, vers 1772),\u00a0<a title=\"Tate Britain\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tate_Britain\">Tate Britain<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-32\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-32\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>31<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/center><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"mw-default-size\"><a class=\"mw-file-description\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Anne,_Duchess_of_Cumberland_-_Gainsborough_1773-77.jpg?uselang=fr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mw-file-element mw-file-upright\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/2\/2e\/Anne%2C_Duchess_of_Cumberland_-_Gainsborough_1773-77.jpg\/250px-Anne%2C_Duchess_of_Cumberland_-_Gainsborough_1773-77.jpg\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/2\/2e\/Anne%2C_Duchess_of_Cumberland_-_Gainsborough_1773-77.jpg\/500px-Anne%2C_Duchess_of_Cumberland_-_Gainsborough_1773-77.jpg 2x\" width=\"190\" height=\"329\" data-file-width=\"867\" data-file-height=\"1500\" \/><\/a><figcaption><center><i>Anne, Duchess of Cumberland<\/i>\u00a0(v. 1773-1777), huile sur toile, Londres,\u00a0<a title=\"Palais de Buckingham\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palais_de_Buckingham\">palais de Buckingham<\/a><\/center>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fin 1759, les Gainsborough s&rsquo;installent \u00e0\u00a0<a title=\"Bath\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bath\">Bath<\/a>. Ils vont y demeurer vingt-cinq ans. Cette ville situ\u00e9e au sud-ouest, \u00e0 l&rsquo;oppos\u00e9 et \u00e0 plus de 300 km d&rsquo;Ipswich, est une antique\u00a0<a title=\"Station thermale\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Station_thermale\">station thermale<\/a>\u00a0\u00e0 la mode, voisine de\u00a0<a title=\"Bristol (Royaume-Uni)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bristol_(Royaume-Uni)\">Bristol<\/a>, et fr\u00e9quent\u00e9e \u00e0 cette \u00e9poque par toute l&rsquo;aristocratie et la haute bourgeoisie anglaise. Ils auront au moins trois logements successifs, et \u00e0 partir de l&rsquo;hiver 1766-1767, r\u00e9sident au\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"num\u00e9ro\">n<sup>o<\/sup><\/abbr>\u00a017 du complexe r\u00e9sidentiel\u00a0<i><a title=\"The Circus (Bath)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Circus_(Bath)\">The Circus<\/a><\/i>, o\u00f9 une\u00a0<a title=\"Blue plaque\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue_plaque\">blue plaque<\/a>\u00a0comm\u00e9more la chose\u00a0; c&rsquo;est \u00e0 cette adresse que le fameux\u00a0<i><a title=\"L'Enfant bleu (Gainsborough)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/L%27Enfant_bleu_(Gainsborough)\">Blue Boy<\/a><\/i>\u00a0devait voir le jour<sup id=\"cite_ref-33\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-33\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>32<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sur le plan international, la Grande-Bretagne est \u00e0 cette \u00e9poque plong\u00e9e dans la\u00a0<a title=\"Guerre de Sept Ans\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guerre_de_Sept_Ans\">guerre de Sept Ans<\/a>. Quand Gainsborough d\u00e9barque dans cette ville, v\u00e9ritable havre de paix \u00e9loign\u00e9 du tumulte de la capitale, c&rsquo;est le peintre\u00a0<a title=\"William Hoare\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Hoare\">William Hoare<\/a>, de vingt ans son a\u00een\u00e9, qui y d\u00e9tient le plus important r\u00e9seau de commanditaires. Gainsborough, qui n&rsquo;appr\u00e9cie gu\u00e8re ce dernier qui le lui rend bien, commence par \u00e9tudier des portraits d&rsquo;<a title=\"Antoine van Dyck\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antoine_van_Dyck\">Antoine van Dyck<\/a>\u00a0qui se trouvent dans les collections des diff\u00e9rents manoirs locaux, on sait par exemple qu&rsquo;il en admira chez\u00a0<a title=\"Henry Herbert (10e comte de Pembroke)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henry_Herbert_(10e_comte_de_Pembroke)\">Henry Herbert,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"Dixi\u00e8me\">10<sup>e<\/sup><\/abbr>\u00a0compte de Pembroke<\/a>, \u00e0\u00a0<a title=\"Wilton House\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wilton_House\">Wilton House<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-34\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-34\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>33<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Il finit par attirer une client\u00e8le de la\u00a0<a title=\"Gentry\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gentry\">gentry<\/a>, plus r\u00e9mun\u00e9ratrice. Sans doute aider par Thicknesse \u2014 dont il fait le portrait de sa fianc\u00e9e, Ann Ford (ci-contre) \u2014, il parvient \u00e0 d\u00e9crocher ses premi\u00e8res commandes \u00e0 la fin de l&rsquo;ann\u00e9e 1760. On compte par exemple le portrait du collectionneur et dessinateur\u00a0<a class=\"new\" title=\"Uvedale Tomkins Price (page inexistante)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Uvedale_Tomkins_Price&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\">Uvedale Tomkins Price<\/a>\u00a0<a class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Uvedale Tomkins Price\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Uvedale_Tomkins_Price\"><span class=\"indicateur-langue\" title=\"Article en anglais\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0Uvedale Tomkins Price\u00a0\u00bb\">(en)<\/span><\/a>, aujourd&rsquo;hui conserv\u00e9e \u00e0 la\u00a0<a title=\"Alte Pinakothek\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alte_Pinakothek\">Alte Pinakothek<\/a>\u00a0de\u00a0<a title=\"Munich\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Munich\">Munich<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-35\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-35\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>34<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>, qui restera un ami du peintre.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">En avril 1761, il commence \u00e0 envoyer une premi\u00e8re \u0153uvre \u00e0 la\u00a0<a title=\"Society of Artists of Great Britain\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Society_of_Artists_of_Great_Britain\">Society of Artists of Great Britain<\/a>\u00a0qui organise un salon \u2014 appel\u00e9 \u00ab\u00a0<a class=\"new\" title=\"Exhibition of 1761 (page inexistante)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Exhibition_of_1761&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\">Exhibition of 1761<\/a>\u00a0<a class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Exhibition of 1761\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Exhibition_of_1761\"><span class=\"indicateur-langue\" title=\"Article en anglais\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0Exhibition of 1761\u00a0\u00bb\">(en)<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00bb \u2014 \u00e0 Londres aux\u00a0<a title=\"Spring Gardens\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spring_Gardens\">Spring Gardens<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-36\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-36\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>35<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>\u00a0; l&rsquo;ann\u00e9e suivante, il recommence, et profite de son amiti\u00e9 avec Kirby, bien introduit aupr\u00e8s de l&rsquo;entourage du roi et de sa cour\u00a0; la presse salue son tableau, intitul\u00e9\u00a0<i>Portrait of William Poyntz of Midgham and His Dog Amber<\/i>\u00a0(collections Churchill-Spencer,\u00a0<a title=\"Althorp\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Althorp\">Althorp<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-37\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-37\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>36<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>)\u00a0: le peintre \u00e9claire ici sa palette, jouant sur les nuances du marron et de l&rsquo;orange. En 1763, ce sont cette fois trois tableaux qui partent \u00e0 Londres pour le salon, un paysage et deux portraits,\u00a0<i>Mister Medlicott<\/i>, et celui d&rsquo;un acteur,\u00a0<a class=\"new\" title=\"James Quin (page inexistante)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=James_Quin&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\">James Quin<\/a>\u00a0<a class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:James Quin\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Quin\"><span class=\"indicateur-langue\" title=\"Article en anglais\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0James Quin\u00a0\u00bb\">(en)<\/span><\/a>, deux r\u00e9sidents de Bath. C&rsquo;est d&rsquo;ailleurs ce dernier portrait, qui, \u00e0 cette \u00e9poque permet \u00e0 Gainsborough de croiser la route de\u00a0<a title=\"David Garrick\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Garrick\">David Garrick<\/a>, autre fameux com\u00e9dien de ce temps, et les deux hommes resteront tr\u00e8s li\u00e9s<sup id=\"cite_ref-38\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-38\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>37<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>. Quand vint le temps de glorifier\u00a0<a title=\"William Shakespeare\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Shakespeare\">Shakespeare<\/a>\u00a0\u00e0\u00a0<a title=\"Stratford-upon-Avon\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stratford-upon-Avon\">Stratford-upon-Avon<\/a>, Garrick convia le peintre \u00e0 produire un portrait en buste, une commande \u00e0 laquelle il se d\u00e9roba en se justifiant ainsi dans une lettre<sup id=\"cite_ref-39\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-39\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>38<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>\u00a0envoy\u00e9e de Bath le 23 ao\u00fbt 1768\u00a0:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00ab\u00a0J&rsquo;imagine que vous \u00eates en train de m&rsquo;accuser, sinon de me maudire, tout ce temps, pour ma n\u00e9gligence \u00e0 ne pas aller \u00e0 Stratford et \u00e0 ne pas vous envoyer signe de vie, comme je l&rsquo;ai promis\u00a0; mais, que faire par une pareille temp\u00e9rature \u2014 de la pluie continuellement\u00a0? Mon g\u00e9nie est si mouill\u00e9 que je ne puis rien faire qui me plaise. J&rsquo;ai, durant plusieurs jours, fait, refait et d\u00e9fait mon portrait de Shakespeare, et je me pendrais plut\u00f4t que de d\u00e9cider si je l&rsquo;abandonnerai ou si je vous le montrerai. Je voudrais, comme un \u00e2ne que je suis, prouver que je suis capable de quelque chose de plus que d&rsquo;un portrait, et j&rsquo;avais eu l&rsquo;id\u00e9e de montrer d&rsquo;o\u00f9 cet inimitable po\u00e8te tirait ses id\u00e9es, \u00e0 l&rsquo;aide d&rsquo;un rayon frappant imm\u00e9diatement de haut en bas ses yeux lev\u00e9s au ciel; mais je ne sais rien faire de mes id\u00e9es&#8230; il y a une telle chute de pluie ces jours-ci\u00a0! Vous ne verrez pas mon esquisse, car je la d\u00e9truirai avant votre venue. Faites-moi savoir, cher monsieur, quand vous vous proposez de venir \u00e0 Bath, pour que je me h\u00e2te un peu dans mes mouvements. Le buste de Shakespeare est quelque chose de simple, de souriant, et je n&rsquo;ai pas assez de sentiment pour le rendre plus sensible en peinture; aussi, je vous assure que vous ne le verrez pas.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sur le plan pratique, les tableaux du peintre \u00e9taient convoy\u00e9s \u00e0 Londres par Walter Wiltshire (1718-1799), directeur de deux \u00e9tablissements de jeux locaux, et ceci, sans frais\u00a0: il reste l&rsquo;un des premiers v\u00e9ritables soutiens de Gainsborough qui lui offrit un certains nombre de tableaux, dont\u00a0<i>The Harvest Wagon<\/i>\u00a0(version de 1767)<sup id=\"cite_ref-40\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-40\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>39<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>. Sur le plan financier, Gainsborough ouvre un compte en 1762 \u00e0 la\u00a0<a title=\"Hoare's Bank\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hoare%27s_Bank\">Hoare&rsquo;s Bank<\/a>\u00a0dirig\u00e9e \u00e0 cette \u00e9poque par\u00a0<a title=\"Henry Hoare II\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henry_Hoare_II\">Henry Hoare II<\/a>\u00a0; il aura plusieurs fois recourt \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e9tablissement financier pour recouvrir certains impay\u00e9s relatifs \u00e0 ses tableaux, pour des montants allant jusqu&rsquo;\u00e0 plusieurs dizaines de\u00a0<a title=\"Guin\u00e9e (monnaie)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guin%C3%A9e_(monnaie)\">guin\u00e9es<\/a>\u00a0; pr\u00e9cisons \u00e9galement que Henry Hoare poss\u00e9dait un galerie priv\u00e9e \u00e0 Londres et qu&rsquo;il y fit entrer tr\u00e8s t\u00f4t un paysage de Gainsborough<sup id=\"cite_ref-41\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-41\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>40<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">En janvier 1765, la Society of Artists obtient le patronage du roi, et Gainsborough devient dans la foul\u00e9e l&rsquo;un des ses membres, effectuant le voyage \u00e0 Londres pour signer la charte d&rsquo;adh\u00e9sion. En avril 1766, ses envois au salon de la d\u00e9sormais\u00a0<a title=\"Royal Society of Arts\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Royal_Society_of_Arts\">Royal Society of Arts<\/a>\u00a0re\u00e7oivent pour la premi\u00e8re fois une critique n\u00e9gative. Il s&rsquo;agit d&rsquo;un paysage et de trois portraits, dont un figurant Garrick, mais que le peintre lui-m\u00eame admit comme d\u00e9fectueux et l&rsquo;un des plus difficiles de sa carri\u00e8re. Un pamphlet circule alors et vendu durant le salon\u00a0; anonyme, on peut y trouver ce vers\u00a0:\u00a0<span class=\"citation\">\u00ab\u00a0L\u00e0 brille Gainsborough, nom si honor\u00e9 \/ L\u00e0 le v\u00e9t\u00e9ran\u00a0<a title=\"Joshua Reynolds\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joshua_Reynolds\">Reynolds<\/a>, digne de sa renomm\u00e9e\u00a0\u00bb<\/span>. Ce fut le point de d\u00e9part de la suppos\u00e9e querelle entre les deux hommes<sup id=\"cite_ref-42\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-42\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>41<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sur le plan intellectuel, Gainsborough d\u00e9couvre en 1768 une \u00e9dition du recueil de po\u00e8mes\u00a0<i><a title=\"Les Saisons (James Thomson)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Les_Saisons_(James_Thomson)\">The Seasons<\/a><\/i>, \u00e9crit par\u00a0<a title=\"James Thomson (po\u00e8te n\u00e9 en 1700)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Thomson_(po%C3%A8te_n%C3%A9_en_1700)\">James Thomson<\/a>. Cet ouvrage aura un impact tr\u00e8s important sur la sensibilit\u00e9 et l&rsquo;\u00e9volution du peintre<sup id=\"cite_ref-43\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-43\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>42<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>. Cette po\u00e9sie bucolique et champ\u00eatre marque ses paysages\u00a0; en 1767,\u00a0<a title=\"Horace Walpole\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Horace_Walpole\">Horace Walpole<\/a>, rarement tendre, salue enfin l&rsquo;envoi au salon de Gainsborough, de\u00a0<i>Landskip and Figures<\/i>, il s&rsquo;agit, selon ses mots,\u00a0<span class=\"citation\">\u00ab\u00a0d&rsquo;une vision de la ruralit\u00e9 d&rsquo;une richesse rarement atteinte\u00a0\u00bb<\/span>\u00a0; d&rsquo;autres critiques verront\u00a0<i>a posteriori<\/i>\u00a0dans ce tableau le signal de d\u00e9part du courant pictural romantique qui m\u00e8ne au paysages de\u00a0<a title=\"John Constable\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Constable\">Constable<\/a>, contemporain des envois de\u00a0<a title=\"Richard Wilson (peintre)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Wilson_(peintre)\">Richard Wilson<\/a>\u00a0au salon<sup id=\"cite_ref-44\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-44\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>43<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><sup class=\"reference cite_virgule\">,<\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-45\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-45\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>44<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00c0 partir d&rsquo;avril 1769, il fait des envois aux expositions annuelles de la\u00a0<a title=\"Royal Academy of Arts\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Royal_Academy_of_Arts\">Royal Academy of Arts<\/a>\u00a0(RAA), fond\u00e9e en d\u00e9cembre 1768, et qui s&rsquo;occupe d\u00e9sormais des salons. Le premier pr\u00e9sident \u00e9lu est\u00a0<a title=\"Joshua Reynolds\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joshua_Reynolds\">Joshua Reynolds<\/a>\u00a0et, sur l&rsquo;invitation de ce dernier, Gainsborough fait partie des premiers membres. Il choisit de montrer des portraits de clients c\u00e9l\u00e8bres pour attirer l&rsquo;attention. Les expositions l\u2019aident \u00e0 gagner une r\u00e9putation nationale<sup id=\"cite_ref-46\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-46\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>45<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>. Entre temps, sa m\u00e8re d\u00e9c\u00e8de, le 24 mai 1769.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Il est clair que sa relation avec l\u2019Acad\u00e9mie n&rsquo;est pas facile. L&rsquo;ann\u00e9e 1770 est marqu\u00e9e par l&rsquo;envoi au salon de la RAA de\u00a0<i><a title=\"L'Enfant bleu (Gainsborough)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/L%27Enfant_bleu_(Gainsborough)\">The Blue Boy<\/a><\/i>, sous le titre\u00a0<i>A Portrait of a Young Gentleman<\/i>, que des t\u00e9moins comme\u00a0<a title=\"Mary Moser\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mary_Moser\">Mary Moser<\/a>, amie de\u00a0<a title=\"Johann Heinrich F\u00fcssli\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Johann_Heinrich_F%C3%BCssli\">F\u00fcssli<\/a>, remarque comme tr\u00e8s influenc\u00e9 par\u00a0<a title=\"Antoine van Dyck\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antoine_van_Dyck\">Van Dick<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-47\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-47\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>46<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>\u00a0: ce tableau aurait pour origine une affirmation de Reynolds, qui venait d&rsquo;\u00eatre fait\u00a0<a title=\"Liste des chevaliers de la Jarreti\u00e8re\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Liste_des_chevaliers_de_la_Jarreti%C3%A8re\">chevalier<\/a>, soutenant que la couleur bleu ne peut en aucun cas transcender un portrait. En r\u00e9alit\u00e9, le conflit entre les deux peintres n&rsquo;est en rien surprenant\u00a0: Reynolds est un partisan de la\u00a0<a title=\"Peinture d'histoire\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peinture_d%27histoire\">peinture d&rsquo;histoire<\/a>\u00a0qu&rsquo;il soutient au salon de par ses fonctions, ce th\u00e8me emportant toujours l&rsquo;adh\u00e9sion des publics, des critiques et des puissants. De son c\u00f4t\u00e9, de ce genre, Gainsborough n&rsquo;en fait aucun cas. Il se tient \u00e9loign\u00e9 tant g\u00e9ographiquement que politiquement des intrigues de cour. Quant au discours de Reynolds sur la couleur bleu, il est post\u00e9rieur \u00e0 la composition de\u00a0<i>L&rsquo;Enfant bleu<\/i><sup id=\"cite_ref-48\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-48\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>47<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>. En 1773, Gainsborough finit par \u00eatre en d\u00e9saccord sur l&rsquo;installation de ses tableaux et il cesse d&rsquo;y exposer jusqu&rsquo;en 1777 \u2014 il n&rsquo;existe aucune explication claire sur les points de d\u00e9saccords. Toutefois, un communiqu\u00e9 publi\u00e9 dans une gazette,\u00a0<i>The Public Advertiser<\/i>, le 4 mai 1772 semble faire r\u00e9f\u00e9rence \u00e0 un incident relatif \u00e0 un tableau de Gainsborough [?], r\u00e9v\u00e9lant<sup id=\"cite_ref-49\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-49\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>48<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>\u00a0:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00ab\u00a0Que les membres du comit\u00e9 de gestion de la Royal Academy se sont rendus coupables d&rsquo;une mesquinerie scandaleuse envers un artiste de renom en dissimulant un portrait en pied d&rsquo;une comtesse anglaise, de peur que Leurs Majest\u00e9s ne le voient\u00a0; et ce, uniquement parce qu&rsquo;ils \u00e9taient pleinement convaincus qu&rsquo;il s&rsquo;agissait du meilleur tableau pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 cette ann\u00e9e \u00e0 l&rsquo;exposition. Ce m\u00eame artiste a d\u00e9j\u00e0 \u00e9t\u00e9 ainsi offens\u00e9 \u00e0 plusieurs reprises, et l&rsquo;on peut compter sur son ressentiment implacable. Sa r\u00e9ponse leur d\u00e9plaira fort.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Quel est donc ce tableau de\u00a0<i>lady<\/i>\u00a0qui aurait pu froisser\u00a0<a title=\"George III\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_III\">George III<\/a>\u00a0? Deux hypoth\u00e8ses pr\u00e9valent\u00a0: d&rsquo;un c\u00f4t\u00e9 le portrait de\u00a0<a title=\"Maria Walpole\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maria_Walpole\">Lady Walpole<\/a>, qui venait d&rsquo;\u00e9pouser le\u00a0<a title=\"William Henry de Grande-Bretagne\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Henry_de_Grande-Bretagne\">duc de Gloucester<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 le seul Gainsborough date de 1763 et la montre en habits de deuil \u2014, de l&rsquo;autre\u00a0<a title=\"Anne Horton (duchesse de Cumberland et Strathearn)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anne_Horton_(duchesse_de_Cumberland_et_Strathearn)\">Anne Hutton<\/a>, qui avait \u00e9pous\u00e9 le\u00a0<a title=\"Henri de Cumberland et Strathearn\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henri_de_Cumberland_et_Strathearn\">duc de Cumberland<\/a>, deux fr\u00e8res du roi, deux mariages secrets d\u00e9sapprouv\u00e9s, sanctionn\u00e9s par le\u00a0<i><a title=\"Royal Marriages Act 1772\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Royal_Marriages_Act_1772\">Royal Marriages Act 1772<\/a><\/i>. Or, le seul motif d&rsquo;une \u00e9ventuelle col\u00e8re royale pouvant co\u00efncider avec cette affaire reste les deux grands portraits en pied d&rsquo;Anne Hutton compos\u00e9s peu avant 1773 par \u00e0 la fois&#8230; Reynolds et Gainsborough, donc le doute demeure entier<sup id=\"cite_ref-50\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-50\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>49<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"mw-default-size\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a class=\"mw-file-description\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Philip_Thicknesse_Esqr._(BM_1868,0808.5959).jpg?uselang=fr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mw-file-element mw-file-upright\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/4\/4d\/Philip_Thicknesse_Esqr._%28BM_1868%2C0808.5959%29.jpg\/250px-Philip_Thicknesse_Esqr._%28BM_1868%2C0808.5959%29.jpg\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/4\/4d\/Philip_Thicknesse_Esqr._%28BM_1868%2C0808.5959%29.jpg\/500px-Philip_Thicknesse_Esqr._%28BM_1868%2C0808.5959%29.jpg 2x\" width=\"190\" height=\"297\" data-file-width=\"1012\" data-file-height=\"1582\" \/><\/a><figcaption><center>Gravure satirique figurant\u00a0<a title=\"Philip Thicknesse\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philip_Thicknesse\">Philip Thicknesse<\/a>\u00a0(1790, par\u00a0<a title=\"James Gillray\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Gillray\">James Gillray<\/a>)\u00a0: \u00e9tait-il devenu le mauvais g\u00e9nie<sup id=\"cite_ref-51\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-51\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>50<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>\u00a0du peintre\u00a0?<\/center><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Les commandes allaient pourtant bon train\u00a0: il prend en 1772 comme apprenti son neveu, \u00e2g\u00e9 de 18 ans,\u00a0<a title=\"Gainsborough Dupont\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gainsborough_Dupont\">Gainsborough Dupont<\/a>. Il n&rsquo;y a aucune trace d&rsquo;aucun autre \u00e9l\u00e8ve ou assistant<sup id=\"cite_ref-Tate_52-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-Tate-52\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>51<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">L\u00e0 encore, une \u00e9nigme reste non r\u00e9solue\u00a0: pourquoi Gainsborough quitte-t-il Bath pour Londres au d\u00e9but de l&rsquo;\u00e9t\u00e9 1774\u00a0? Son premier biographe, Fulcher (1856)<sup id=\"cite_ref-53\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-53\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>52<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>, rapporte l&rsquo;anecdote suivante\u00a0:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00ab\u00a0Gainsborough, par attachement \u00e0 ses anciennes relations, subit de nombreux d\u00e9sagr\u00e9ments que son orgueil peinait \u00e0 supporter. Finalement, la conduite de\u00a0<a title=\"Philip Thicknesse\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philip_Thicknesse\">Thicknesse<\/a>\u00a0devint insupportable et Gainsborough d\u00e9cida de se d\u00e9barrasser de ce fardeau. Sachant qu&rsquo;il n&rsquo;y avait qu&rsquo;un seul moyen de se d\u00e9barrasser de ce vieil homme des mers, Gainsborough r\u00e9solut de quitter Bath sur-le-champ. Apr\u00e8s avoir exp\u00e9di\u00e9 ses biens par la diligence du Wiltshire, il prit place dans la diligence de Bath et arriva \u00e0 Londres durant l&rsquo;\u00e9t\u00e9 1774.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading3\">\n<h3 id=\"Retour_\u00e0_Londres,_au_service_de_la_famille_royale\">Retour \u00e0 Londres, au service de la famille royale<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"mw-default-size mw-halign-left\"><a class=\"mw-file-description\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Schomberg_House,_80-82_Pall_Mall,_London,_SW1Y_5HF,_City_of_Westminster.jpg?uselang=fr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mw-file-element mw-file-upright\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/9\/94\/Schomberg_House%2C_80-82_Pall_Mall%2C_London%2C_SW1Y_5HF%2C_City_of_Westminster.jpg\/250px-Schomberg_House%2C_80-82_Pall_Mall%2C_London%2C_SW1Y_5HF%2C_City_of_Westminster.jpg\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/9\/94\/Schomberg_House%2C_80-82_Pall_Mall%2C_London%2C_SW1Y_5HF%2C_City_of_Westminster.jpg\/500px-Schomberg_House%2C_80-82_Pall_Mall%2C_London%2C_SW1Y_5HF%2C_City_of_Westminster.jpg 2x\" width=\"190\" height=\"253\" data-file-width=\"3000\" data-file-height=\"4000\" \/><\/a><figcaption><center>Vue actuelle de Schomberg House o\u00f9 Gainsborough v\u00e9cut de 1774 \u00e0 sa mort.<\/center><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"mw-default-size\"><a class=\"mw-file-description\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Mrs_Gainsborough.jpg?uselang=fr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mw-file-element mw-file-upright\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/3\/33\/Mrs_Gainsborough.jpg\/250px-Mrs_Gainsborough.jpg\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/3\/33\/Mrs_Gainsborough.jpg\/500px-Mrs_Gainsborough.jpg 2x\" width=\"190\" height=\"235\" data-file-width=\"654\" data-file-height=\"810\" \/><\/a><figcaption><center><i>Mrs Margaret Gainsborough<\/i>\u00a0(v. 1778); huile sur toile,\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Courtauld Gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Courtauld_Gallery\">Courtauld Gallery<\/a>.<\/center><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"mw-default-size\"><a class=\"mw-file-description\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Thomas_gainsborough,_lady_bate-dudley,_1787_ca._01_(cropped).jpg?uselang=fr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mw-file-element mw-file-upright\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/4\/4a\/Thomas_gainsborough%2C_lady_bate-dudley%2C_1787_ca._01_%28cropped%29.jpg\/250px-Thomas_gainsborough%2C_lady_bate-dudley%2C_1787_ca._01_%28cropped%29.jpg\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/4\/4a\/Thomas_gainsborough%2C_lady_bate-dudley%2C_1787_ca._01_%28cropped%29.jpg\/500px-Thomas_gainsborough%2C_lady_bate-dudley%2C_1787_ca._01_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x\" width=\"190\" height=\"291\" data-file-width=\"2237\" data-file-height=\"3423\" \/><\/a><figcaption><center><i>Portrait of Lady Bate-Dudley<\/i>\u00a0(v. 1787), huile sur toile,\u00a0<a title=\"Tate Britain\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tate_Britain\">Tate Britain<\/a><\/center>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"mw-default-size\"><a class=\"mw-file-description\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Thomas_Gainsborough_015.jpg?uselang=fr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mw-file-element mw-file-upright\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/f\/f2\/Thomas_Gainsborough_015.jpg\/250px-Thomas_Gainsborough_015.jpg\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/f\/f2\/Thomas_Gainsborough_015.jpg\/500px-Thomas_Gainsborough_015.jpg 2x\" width=\"190\" height=\"239\" data-file-width=\"1627\" data-file-height=\"2048\" \/><\/a><figcaption><center><i>Portrait of Mrs.\u00a0<a title=\"Sarah Siddons\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sarah_Siddons\">Sarah Siddons<\/a><\/i>\u00a0(1785), huile sur toile,\u00a0<a title=\"National Gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Gallery\">National Gallery<\/a>.<\/center><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gainsborough et sa famille s&rsquo;installent \u00e0 Londres au cours de l&rsquo;\u00e9t\u00e9 1774, \u00e0\u00a0<a title=\"Schomberg House\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Schomberg_House\">Schomberg House<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Pall Mall\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pall_Mall\">Pall Mall<\/a>. Le loyer est de 150 livres par an. Le peintre et son \u00e9pouse y vivront jusqu&rsquo;en 1788, et Margaret Gainsborough rendra les clefs en 1790<sup id=\"cite_ref-54\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-54\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>53<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Il a entre autres pour voisins \u00e0 partir de 1781 les artistes\u00a0<a title=\"Richard Cosway\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Cosway\">Richard<\/a>\u00a0et\u00a0<a title=\"Maria Cosway\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maria_Cosway\">Maria Cosway<\/a>, qui y tiennent un salon tr\u00e8s en vue<sup id=\"cite_ref-55\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-55\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>54<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>, ainsi qu&rsquo;un curieux \u00e9tablissement,\u00a0<i>The Temple of Health<\/i>, ouvert par le sulfureux m\u00e9decin \u00e9cossais\u00a0<a title=\"James Graham (m\u00e9decin \u00e9cossais)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Graham_(m%C3%A9decin_%C3%A9cossais)\">James Graham<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-56\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-56\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>55<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Entre 1775 et 1776, Gainsborough expose \u00e0 la d\u00e9sormais\u00a0<i>Free<\/i>\u00a0Society of Arts, qui continuaient d&rsquo;organiser des salons, depuis 1768 en marge de la Royal Academy of Arts (RAA)<sup id=\"cite_ref-ref_auto_1_57-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-ref_auto_1-57\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>56<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Une anecdote peu connue, et \u00e9vocatrice du milieu dans lequel Gainsborough baigne \u00e0 cette \u00e9poque, rapporte que le 7 juin 1775, en soir\u00e9e, il est victime de\u00a0<a title=\"Bandit de grand chemin\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bandit_de_grand_chemin\">bandits de grand chemin<\/a>, en revenant d&rsquo;un soir\u00e9e concertante organis\u00e9e avec\u00a0<a title=\"Johann Christian Bach\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Johann_Christian_Bach\">Johann Christian Bach<\/a>. Ils y perdirent entre autres leurs montres mais les r\u00e9cup\u00e9r\u00e8rent deux jours plus tard. La m\u00eame chose \u00e9tait arriv\u00e9e \u00e0\u00a0<a title=\"James Christie\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Christie\">James Christie<\/a>, le fondateur de la salle de ventes, qui \u00e9tait aussi un ami du peintre<sup id=\"cite_ref-58\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-58\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>57<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>. Une autre rencontre importante pour le peintre est celle qui devait donner naissance \u00e0 l&rsquo;une des plus fortes amiti\u00e9s de la fin de sa vie\u00a0: en\u00a0<a title=\"Henry Bate-Dudley\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henry_Bate-Dudley\">Henry Bate-Dudley<\/a>\u00a0(1745-1824), \u00e0 la fois pasteur, magistrat, patron du\u00a0<i><a title=\"Morning Post\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Morning_Post\">Morning Post<\/a><\/i>, et dramaturge, le peintre trouve un grand soutien critique, un conseiller et un pr\u00e9cieux t\u00e9moin<sup id=\"cite_ref-59\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-59\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>58<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">En 1777, Gainsborough fait un saut \u00e0 Bath pour terminer des peintures chez un client, puis d\u00e9cide de recommencer \u00e0 exposer \u00e0 la RAA en avril, avec un paysage \u2014 \u00e0 nouveau louang\u00e9 par Walpole \u2014 et six portraits de personnalit\u00e9s de l&rsquo;\u00e9poque, notamment le fr\u00e8re et la belle-s\u0153ur du roi, le prince\u00a0<a title=\"Henri de Cumberland et Strathearn\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henri_de_Cumberland_et_Strathearn\">Henri<\/a>\u00a0et son \u00e9pouse la duchesse\u00a0<a title=\"Anne Horton (duchesse de Cumberland et Strathearn)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anne_Horton_(duchesse_de_Cumberland_et_Strathearn)\">Anne de Cumberland<\/a>, ainsi que\u00a0<i>The Honorable Mrs. Graham<\/i>, figurant en pied la fille de\u00a0<a title=\"Charles Cathcart (9e Lord Cathcart)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Cathcart_(9e_Lord_Cathcart)\">lord Cathcart<\/a>, que la critique moderne consid\u00e8re comme l&rsquo;un des plus beaux portraits de femme du peintre. Ses participations au salon se poursuivent pendant sept ans. Le r\u00f4le d&rsquo;interm\u00e9diaire entre la cour et le peintre doit beaucoup de\u00a0<a title=\"Joshua Kirby\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joshua_Kirby\">Joshua Kirby<\/a>, son fid\u00e8le ami d&rsquo;<a title=\"Ipswich\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ipswich\">Ipswich<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-ref_auto_1_57-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-ref_auto_1-57\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>56<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">En 1780-1781, il r\u00e9alise les portraits du roi\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"George III du Royaume-Uni\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_III_du_Royaume-Uni\">George III<\/a>\u00a0et de la reine\u00a0<a title=\"Charlotte de Mecklembourg-Strelitz\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charlotte_de_Mecklembourg-Strelitz\">Charlotte<\/a>, et re\u00e7oit par la suite de nombreuses commandes royales. Cela lui donne de l\u2019influence sur la RAA pour d\u00e9finir de quelle fa\u00e7on son \u0153uvre doit \u00eatre expos\u00e9e. Il obtient le soutien du\u00a0<a title=\"George IV\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_IV\">prince de Galles<\/a>\u00a0qui lui rend souvent visite. Ce nouveau statut ne va pas sans susciter des jalousies<sup id=\"cite_ref-60\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-60\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>59<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fin 1782, il commence un portrait de Joshua Reynolds, preuve s&rsquo;il en est que les deux hommes communiquent, et ce, gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 Bate-Dudley\u00a0; or, il semble d&rsquo;exister plus aucune trace de ce tableau (pas plus que d&rsquo;un portrait de Gainsborough par Reynolds)<sup id=\"cite_ref-61\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-61\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>60<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>. Il visite le\u00a0<a title=\"West Country\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/West_Country\">West Country<\/a>\u00a0avec Gainsborough Dupont vers 1782 et la r\u00e9gion des lacs avec\u00a0<a class=\"new\" title=\"Samuel Kilderbee (page inexistante)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Samuel_Kilderbee&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\">Samuel Kilderbee<\/a>\u00a0<a class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Samuel Kilderbee\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Samuel_Kilderbee\"><span class=\"indicateur-langue\" title=\"Article en anglais\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0Samuel Kilderbee\u00a0\u00bb\">(en)<\/span><\/a>\u00a0en 1783, et op\u00e8re ainsi un net retour aux paysages champ\u00eatres et des sc\u00e8nes de genre rural en termes de volume de production<sup id=\"cite_ref-Tate_52-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-Tate-52\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>51<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Au printemps 1784, il est \u00e0 nouveau en conflit avec la RAA, en particulier \u00e0 propos du\u00a0<i>Portrait des trois filles a\u00een\u00e9es de Georges III<\/i>\u00a0(<a title=\"Palais de Buckingham\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palais_de_Buckingham\">Buckingham Palace<\/a>) qu&rsquo;il fait envoyer en indiquant la hauteur \u00e0 laquelle il d\u00e9sirait qu&rsquo;il lut plac\u00e9. Le comit\u00e9 d&rsquo;organisation n&rsquo;en fit rien, le suspendant \u00ab\u00a0au-dessus de la ligne\u00a0\u00bb, la \u00ab\u00a0ligne\u00a0\u00bb \u00e9tant une division \u00e0 peu pr\u00e8s au niveau des yeux entre les peintures de cabinet accroch\u00e9es au-dessous, et les \u0153uvres de grand format, accroch\u00e9es au-dessus. La r\u00e9action du peintre nous est parvenue<sup id=\"cite_ref-62\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-62\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>61<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>\u00a0:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u00ab\u00a0M. Gainsborough pr\u00e9sente ses compliments aux personnes charg\u00e9es d&rsquo;accrocher les tableaux \u00e0 l&rsquo;exposition de l&rsquo;Acad\u00e9mie Royale et tient \u00e0 leur faire savoir que, si le portrait de la Famille royale envoy\u00e9 par lui est, \u00e0 cause que les figures n&rsquo;y sont pas en pied, plac\u00e9 au-dessus de la ligne r\u00e9serv\u00e9e aux portraits en pied, il n&rsquo;enverra jamais plus, tant qu&rsquo;il vivra, d&rsquo;autres toiles \u00e0 l&rsquo;Acad\u00e9mie. Ceci il le jure par Dieu.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Le comit\u00e9 refusa et renvoya l&rsquo;\u0153uvre \u00e0 Gainsborough qu&rsquo;il montra dans son studio \u00e0 Schomberg House puis n&rsquo;envoyant plus jamais de travail \u00e0 l&rsquo;Acad\u00e9mie<sup id=\"cite_ref-63\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-63\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>62<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Durant la m\u00eame ann\u00e9e, le peintre officiel de la cour,\u00a0<a title=\"Allan Ramsay (peintre)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Allan_Ramsay_(peintre)\">Allan Ramsay<\/a>, meurt. Le roi choisit d&rsquo;offrir le titre au pr\u00e9sident de l\u2019Acad\u00e9mie,\u00a0<a title=\"Joshua Reynolds\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joshua_Reynolds\">Joshua Reynolds<\/a>, m\u00eame si Gainsborough reste, \u00e0 cette \u00e9poque, le peintre pr\u00e9f\u00e9r\u00e9 de la famille royale. Nullement attir\u00e9 par les honneurs, ses jours s&rsquo;\u00e9coulaient tr\u00e8s tranquilles. Il avait un revenu annuel d&rsquo;un millier de livres, qu&rsquo;il jugeait suffisant pour assurer le confort de sa famille et subvenir \u00e0 ses besoins et \u00e0 ses fantaisies. Selon\u00a0<a title=\"George Leveson-Gower (1er duc de Sutherland)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Leveson-Gower_(1er_duc_de_Sutherland)\">le duc de Sutherland<\/a>,\u00a0<span class=\"citation\">\u00ab\u00a0il \u00e9tait extr\u00eamement g\u00e9n\u00e9reux, mais n&rsquo;avait aucune extravagance personnelle\u00a0; aussi g\u00e9n\u00e9reux de son argent que de ses tableaux, cela sans ostentation et comme pour le seul plaisir de faire plaisir aux autres. Le plus simple objet, s&rsquo;il le jugeait de quelque fa\u00e7on que ce soit beau ou artistique, lui causait un plaisir infini\u00a0: une lettre bien \u00e9crite (il raffolait de la\u00a0<a title=\"Calligraphie\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Calligraphie\">calligraphie<\/a>), \u2014 le poli d&rsquo;un instrument de musique, un morceau de soie \u00e9clatante\u00a0\u00bb<\/span><sup id=\"cite_ref-64\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-64\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>63<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading3\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h3 id=\"Fin_de_vie\">Fin de vie<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"mw-default-size\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a class=\"mw-file-description\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Thomas_Gainsborough_(1727%E2%80%931788)_-_Self-portrait_-_03-1395_-_Royal_Academy_of_Arts.jpg?uselang=fr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mw-file-element mw-file-upright\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/4\/4c\/Thomas_Gainsborough_%281727%E2%80%931788%29_-_Self-portrait_-_03-1395_-_Royal_Academy_of_Arts.jpg\/250px-Thomas_Gainsborough_%281727%E2%80%931788%29_-_Self-portrait_-_03-1395_-_Royal_Academy_of_Arts.jpg\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/4\/4c\/Thomas_Gainsborough_%281727%E2%80%931788%29_-_Self-portrait_-_03-1395_-_Royal_Academy_of_Arts.jpg\/500px-Thomas_Gainsborough_%281727%E2%80%931788%29_-_Self-portrait_-_03-1395_-_Royal_Academy_of_Arts.jpg 2x\" width=\"190\" height=\"228\" data-file-width=\"1666\" data-file-height=\"2000\" \/><\/a><figcaption><center><i>Autoportrait<\/i>\u00a0(v. 1787), huile sur toile, Royal Academy of Arts.<\/center><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Au cours du mois de f\u00e9vrier 1788, durant une audience du proc\u00e8s de\u00a0<a title=\"Warren Hastings\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Warren_Hastings\">Warren Hastings<\/a>, un \u00e9v\u00e9nement tr\u00e8s couru, il ressent une profonde douleur dans le dos. Il choisit alors d&rsquo;aller se reposer \u00e0\u00a0<a title=\"Richmond (Londres)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richmond_(Londres)\">Richmond<\/a>, o\u00f9 il poss\u00e8de un petit cottage<sup id=\"cite_ref-65\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-65\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>64<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>. Mais son mal empire \u00e0 partir du mois d&rsquo;avril et\u00a0<a title=\"John Hunter (chirurgien)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Hunter_(chirurgien)\">John Hunter<\/a>\u00a0lui diagnostique une tumeur maligne. De plus en plus \u00e9puis\u00e9, il parvient en juillet suivant \u00e0 une forme de r\u00e9conciliation avec son grand rival, Joshua Reynolds, qui vient ensuite le visiter sur son lit de mort, puis le louangera \u00e0 la Royal Academy, d\u00e9clarant que \u00ab\u00a0quoi qu&rsquo;il tent\u00e2t, il atteignait un degr\u00e9 d&rsquo;excellence \u00e9lev\u00e9\u00a0\u00bb<sup id=\"cite_ref-Tate_52-2\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-Tate-52\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>51<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><sup class=\"reference cite_virgule\">,<\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-66\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-66\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>65<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gainsborough meurt d&rsquo;un\u00a0<a title=\"Cancer\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cancer\">cancer<\/a>\u00a0le\u00a0<time class=\"nowrap\" datetime=\"1788-08-02\" data-sort-value=\"1788-08-02\">2 ao\u00fbt 1788<\/time>\u00a0dans sa\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"Soixante-deuxi\u00e8me\">62<sup>e<\/sup><\/abbr>\u00a0ann\u00e9e, \u00e0 Schomberg House. Il est enterr\u00e9 \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e9glise St Anne de\u00a0<a title=\"Kew\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kew\">Kew<\/a>, \u00e0 c\u00f4t\u00e9 de la tombe de son fid\u00e8le ami Joshua Kirby<sup id=\"cite_ref-67\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-67\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>66<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Son enterrement rassemble quelques personnalit\u00e9s notables\u00a0: si l&rsquo;on en croit les journaux de l&rsquo;\u00e9poque, comme\u00a0<i>The Whitehall Evening Post<\/i>,\u00a0<i>The Morning Post<\/i>\u00a0ou\u00a0<i>The Morning Standard<\/i>, ces deux derniers dirig\u00e9s respectivement par William Jackson et Henry Bate-Dudley \u2014 bien entendu pr\u00e9sents \u00e0 la c\u00e9r\u00e9monie, aux cot\u00e9s de l&rsquo;\u00e9pouse, des filles, et du neveu du peintre \u2014, sont rassembl\u00e9s l\u00e0 une\u00a0<span class=\"citation\">\u00ab\u00a0quinzaine d&rsquo;amis de choix\u00a0\u00bb<\/span>, tels le fils du riche marchand Jonathan Buttall (1752\u20131805), John Hunter, Joshua Reynolds,\u00a0<a title=\"Thomas Linley (p\u00e8re)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Linley_(p%C3%A8re)\">Thomas Linley\u00a0<i>p\u00e8re<\/i><\/a>, le dramaturge\u00a0<a title=\"Richard Brinsley Sheridan\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Brinsley_Sheridan\">Richard Brinsley Sheridan<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Benjamin West\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Benjamin_West\">Benjamin West<\/a>, l&rsquo;architecte\u00a0<a title=\"William Chambers (architecte)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Chambers_(architecte)\">William Chambers<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Paul Sandby\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paul_Sandby\">Paul Sandby<\/a>, le sculpteur Isaac Gosset (1713-1799),\u00a0<a title=\"Francesco Bartolozzi\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Francesco_Bartolozzi\">Francesco Bartolozzi<\/a>, les peintres miniaturistes Samuel Cotes (1734-1818) et Jeremiah Meyer (1735-1789), et enfin le pr\u00eatre officiant William Pearce (1744-1820)<sup id=\"cite_ref-68\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-68\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>67<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dans le cadre de sa succession, une vente de ses tableaux et dessins est organis\u00e9e par son neveu \u00e0 Schomberg House \u00e0 partir du 30 mars 1789\u00a0: sont pr\u00e9sent\u00e9s la collection des toiles de ma\u00eetres anciens, quelques toiles du peintres et de nombreux dessins, dont 148 paysages sous forme de\u00a0<a title=\"Lavis\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lavis\">lavis<\/a>, et des portraits au\u00a0<a title=\"Pastel\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pastel\">pastel<\/a>. La presse rapporte que la famille royale au complet se rendit au 80-82 Pall Mall sous bonne garde et se porta acqu\u00e9reuse d&rsquo;un grand nombre de ces dessins, lesquels furent revendus en 1819 apr\u00e8s la mort de la\u00a0<a title=\"Charlotte de Mecklembourg-Strelitz\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charlotte_de_Mecklembourg-Strelitz\">reine Charlotte<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-69\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-69\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>68<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Margaret Gainsborough quitte Schomberg House l&rsquo;ann\u00e9e suivante. Elle meurt le 17 d\u00e9cembre 1798 et est inhum\u00e9e dans le m\u00eame tombeau que son \u00e9poux \u00e0 Kew. En 1808, sa fille Margaret\u00a0<i>Peggy<\/i>, nomm\u00e9e administratrice des biens de ses parents, fait don \u00e0 la RAA du dernier autoportrait de son p\u00e8re<sup id=\"cite_ref-70\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-70\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>69<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>. Jamais mari\u00e9e, elle meurt le 18 d\u00e9cembre 1820 \u00e0\u00a0<a title=\"Acton (Londres)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Acton_(Londres)\">Acton<\/a>. Sa petite s\u0153ur\u00a0<i>Molly<\/i>\u00a0avait \u00e9pous\u00e9e en f\u00e9vrier 1780 le musicien\u00a0<a title=\"Johann Christian Fischer (compositeur)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Johann_Christian_Fischer_(compositeur)\">Johann Christian Fischer<\/a>, mais le couple s&rsquo;\u00e9tait s\u00e9par\u00e9 au bout d&rsquo;\u00e0 peine une ann\u00e9e, causant une forme de scandale dans la communaut\u00e9 londonienne, et retourna vivre chez ses parents. Sa sant\u00e9 mentale se d\u00e9t\u00e9riora progressivement, entre m\u00e9lancolie et d\u00e9pression. Mary prend soin d&rsquo;elle durant pr\u00e8s de vingt ans dans un petit logis situ\u00e9 \u00e0 Acton. Apr\u00e8s le d\u00e9c\u00e8s de sa s\u0153ur a\u00een\u00e9e, Marry est plac\u00e9e dans une maison de sant\u00e9 \u00e0\u00a0<a title=\"Chelsea (Londres)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chelsea_(Londres)\">Chelsea<\/a>\u00a0o\u00f9 elle meurt en juillet 1826. Toutes les deux sont inhum\u00e9es ensemble dans le m\u00eame tombeau au cimeti\u00e8re de St Mary, \u00e0\u00a0<a title=\"Hanwell (Londres)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hanwell_(Londres)\">Hanwell<\/a>. Ainsi s&rsquo;\u00e9teignit la descendance directe du peintre<sup id=\"cite_ref-71\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-71\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>70<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gainsborough a repr\u00e9sent\u00e9 ses deux filles en une dizaine de tableaux \u00e0 diff\u00e9rents \u00e2ges<sup id=\"cite_ref-Shafe_72-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-Shafe-72\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>71<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>\u00a0:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"gallery mw-gallery-traditional\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li class=\"gallerybox\">\n<div class=\"thumb\"><a class=\"mw-file-description\" title=\"The Painter's Daughters with a Cat, v. 1760-1761, Londres, National Gallery[72].\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:The_Painter%27s_Daughters_with_a_Cat,_by_Thomas_Gainsborough_017FXD.jpg?uselang=fr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mw-file-element\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/5\/58\/The_Painter%27s_Daughters_with_a_Cat%2C_by_Thomas_Gainsborough_017FXD.jpg\/250px-The_Painter%27s_Daughters_with_a_Cat%2C_by_Thomas_Gainsborough_017FXD.jpg\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/5\/58\/The_Painter%27s_Daughters_with_a_Cat%2C_by_Thomas_Gainsborough_017FXD.jpg\/500px-The_Painter%27s_Daughters_with_a_Cat%2C_by_Thomas_Gainsborough_017FXD.jpg 2x\" alt=\"The Painter's Daughters with a Cat, v. 1760-1761, Londres, National Gallery[72].\" width=\"185\" height=\"220\" data-file-width=\"5057\" data-file-height=\"6000\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallerytext\"><center><i>The Painter&rsquo;s Daughters with a Cat<\/i>, v. 1760-1761, Londres,\u00a0<a title=\"National Gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Gallery\">National Gallery<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-73\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-73\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>72<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/center><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<li class=\"gallerybox\">\n<div class=\"thumb\"><a class=\"mw-file-description\" title=\"Portraits of Artist daughters, v. 1763-1764, Worcester Art Museum[73].\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Thomas_Gainsborough_019.jpg?uselang=fr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mw-file-element\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/4\/4f\/Thomas_Gainsborough_019.jpg\/250px-Thomas_Gainsborough_019.jpg\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/4\/4f\/Thomas_Gainsborough_019.jpg\/500px-Thomas_Gainsborough_019.jpg 2x\" alt=\"Portraits of Artist daughters, v. 1763-1764, Worcester Art Museum[73].\" width=\"184\" height=\"220\" data-file-width=\"1256\" data-file-height=\"1499\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallerytext\"><center><i>Portraits of Artist daughters<\/i>, v. 1763-1764,\u00a0<a title=\"Worcester Art Museum\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Worcester_Art_Museum\">Worcester Art Museum<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-74\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-74\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>73<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/center><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<li class=\"gallerybox\">\n<div class=\"thumb\"><a class=\"mw-file-description\" title=\"Portrait of Mary Gainsborough, 1777, Tate Britain : une composition inspir\u00e9e de Rubens[74].\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Thomas_Gainsborough_012.jpg?uselang=fr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mw-file-element\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/0\/0d\/Thomas_Gainsborough_012.jpg\/250px-Thomas_Gainsborough_012.jpg\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/0\/0d\/Thomas_Gainsborough_012.jpg\/500px-Thomas_Gainsborough_012.jpg 2x\" alt=\"Portrait of Mary Gainsborough, 1777, Tate Britain : une composition inspir\u00e9e de Rubens[74].\" width=\"181\" height=\"220\" data-file-width=\"2024\" data-file-height=\"2460\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallerytext\"><center><i>Portrait of Mary Gainsborough<\/i>, 1777,\u00a0<a title=\"Tate Britain\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tate_Britain\">Tate Britain<\/a>\u00a0: une composition inspir\u00e9e de\u00a0<a title=\"Pierre Paul Rubens\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pierre_Paul_Rubens\">Rubens<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-75\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-75\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>74<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/center><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading2\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h2 id=\"\u0152uvre\">\u0152uvre<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">L&rsquo;\u0153uvre de Thomas Gainsborough comprend des tableaux peints, des dessins et des gravures. Selon Hugh Belsey, en charge du dernier\u00a0<a title=\"Catalogue raisonn\u00e9\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Catalogue_raisonn%C3%A9\">catalogue raisonn\u00e9<\/a>\u00a0(2019), le corpus peint s&rsquo;\u00e9l\u00e8ve \u00e0 pr\u00e8s de 1\u00a0100 toiles, incluant des copies de ma\u00eetres anciens<sup id=\"cite_ref-76\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-76\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>75<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading3\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h3 id=\"Tableaux\">Tableaux<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bandeau-container bandeau-section metadata bandeau-niveau-information\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"bandeau-cell bandeau-icone-css loupe\">Article d\u00e9taill\u00e9\u00a0:\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Liste de tableaux de Thomas Gainsborough\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Liste_de_tableaux_de_Thomas_Gainsborough\">Liste de tableaux de Thomas Gainsborough<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading4\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h4 id=\"Paysages\">Paysages<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Avec\u00a0<a title=\"Richard Wilson (peintre)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Wilson_(peintre)\">Richard Wilson<\/a>, Gainsborough est consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme \u00e9tant l\u2019un des fondateurs de l\u2019<a title=\"Peinture anglaise\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peinture_anglaise\">\u00e9cole anglaise du paysage<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-BioNG_77-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-BioNG-77\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>76<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>. Le peintre\u00a0<a class=\"new\" title=\"George Frost (page inexistante)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=George_Frost&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\">George Frost<\/a>\u00a0(1854-1821), l&rsquo;un de ses plus grands admirateurs, voyait en lui le pr\u00e9curseur d&rsquo;un\u00a0<a title=\"John Constable\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Constable\">Constable<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-78\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-78\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>77<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00c0 ses d\u00e9buts, dans son Suffolk natal, Gainsborough s&rsquo;inspire des paysages hollandais du\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"17\u1d49 si\u00e8cle\"><span class=\"romain\">xvii<\/span><sup>e<\/sup><\/abbr>\u00a0si\u00e8cle. Cependant, les coups de pinceau l\u00e9g\u00e8rement peints, les formes oscillantes, la lumi\u00e8re r\u00e9partie en taches irr\u00e9guli\u00e8res et la coloration finement r\u00e9gl\u00e9e caract\u00e9risent un changement stylistique en l\u00e9g\u00e8ret\u00e9 enjou\u00e9e<sup id=\"cite_ref-Vienne_79-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-Vienne-79\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>78<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>. Il peignait plus selon ses observations, \u00ab\u00a0sur le motif\u00a0\u00bb, de la nature qu\u2019en appliquant des r\u00e8gles formelles. Il travaillait rapidement, fusionnant souvent ses portraits avec la sc\u00e8ne en arri\u00e8re-plan, recourant \u00e0 une palette restreinte.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Son installation \u00e0\u00a0<a title=\"Bath\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bath\">Bath<\/a>\u00a0en 1759 s&rsquo;accompagne d&rsquo;un changement de style. Alors que l&rsquo;influence de la mani\u00e8re hollandaise est manifeste dans ses paysages ant\u00e9rieurs, qui observent de pr\u00e8s la nature et ordonnent des compositions ordonn\u00e9es, ceux peints \u00e0 Bath, puis \u00e0 Londres, deviennent plus pastoraux et po\u00e9tiques. C&rsquo;\u00e9tait probablement une r\u00e9ponse aux go\u00fbts sophistiqu\u00e9s de ses nouveaux clients et d\u00fb au fait qu&rsquo;il ait vu des \u0153uvres de\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Claude Lorrain\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Claude_Lorrain\">Claude Lorrain<\/a>\u00a0et de\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Rubens\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rubens\">Rubens<\/a>, dans certaines des collections d\u2019art voisines, telles que celles de Wilton et de\u00a0<a title=\"Stourhead\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stourhead\">Stourhead<\/a>. Il est influenc\u00e9 par la structure et la po\u00e9sie de\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Claude Lorrain\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Claude_Lorrain\">Claude Lorrain<\/a>, consid\u00e9r\u00e9e \u00e0 son \u00e9poque comme l&rsquo;un des plus grands ma\u00eetres en peinture de paysage. Il fait de fr\u00e9quentes excursions de dessin dans la campagne environnante. Il aurait construit \u00e0 cette \u00e9poque dans son atelier des maquettes en bois compos\u00e9es de charbon, d\u2019argile ou de sable, avec des morceaux de miroir pour les lacs et des branches de brocoli pour repr\u00e9senter les arbres, afin de l\u2019aider \u00e0 construire ses compositions. Ces mod\u00e8les artificiels, cr\u00e9\u00e9s sous la faible lumi\u00e8re d\u2019une bougie, ont servi de base \u00e0 ses peintures finies &#8211; des compositions de paysages enti\u00e8rement imaginaires<sup id=\"cite_ref-80\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-80\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>79<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gainsborough a relativement peu peint de\u00a0<a title=\"Marine (peinture)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marine_(peinture)\">paysages marins<\/a>, ou de bateaux, ce qui semble paradoxal \u00e9tant donn\u00e9s d&rsquo;une part qu&rsquo;il a v\u00e9cu non loin de ports (les canaux maritimes d&rsquo;Ipwich, la ville de Bristol voisine de Bath), et d&rsquo;autre part, de l&rsquo;extraordinaire mont\u00e9e en puissance de la\u00a0<a title=\"Royal Navy\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Royal_Navy\">Royal Navy<\/a>\u00a0tout au long du\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"Dix-huiti\u00e8me\">XVIII<sup>e<\/sup><\/abbr>\u00a0si\u00e8cle. Il poss\u00e9dait dans sa collection quelques marines compos\u00e9es par des ma\u00eetres hollandais<sup id=\"cite_ref-81\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-81\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>80<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00c0 la fin de sa vie, il peint souvent des paysages d\u2019une composition tr\u00e8s simple, dans ce qui est consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme\u00a0<span class=\"citation\">\u00ab\u00a0un retour \u00e0\u00a0<a title=\"Antoine Watteau\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antoine_Watteau\">Antoine Watteau<\/a>\u00a0\u00bb<\/span>, des mots m\u00eame de Gainsborough (<i>The Mall in St. James&rsquo;s Park<\/i>, 1783,\u00a0<a title=\"The Frick Collection\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Frick_Collection\">The Frick Collection<\/a>). Malgr\u00e9 son grand succ\u00e8s en tant que portraitiste, il a souvent affirm\u00e9 qu&rsquo;il pr\u00e9f\u00e9rait peindre des paysages, et la critique moderne le qualifie m\u00eame de \u00ab\u00a0paysagiste contrari\u00e9\u00a0\u00bb. Il \u00e9crit \u00e0 un ami, l&rsquo;organiste et peintre\u00a0<a title=\"William Jackson (compositeur)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Jackson_(compositeur)\">William Jackson<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-Tate_52-3\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-Tate-52\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>51<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><sup class=\"reference cite_virgule\">,<\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-82\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-82\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>81<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><sup class=\"reference cite_virgule\">,<\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-83\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-83\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>82<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.\u00a0:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u00ab\u00a0Je suis d\u00e9go\u00fbt\u00e9 des portraits, et je voudrais bien prendre ma\u00a0<a title=\"Viole de gambe\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Viole_de_gambe\">viole de gambe<\/a>\u00a0et m&rsquo;en aller dans quelque plaisant village, o\u00f9 je pourrais peindre des paysages et jouir du bail final de la vie dans la tranquillit\u00e9 et le bien-\u00eatre. Mais ces belles dames, avec leurs tasses de th\u00e9, leurs bals, leur chasse au mari, etc., m&rsquo;escroqueront mes dix derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es, sans r\u00e9ussir, j&rsquo;en ai peur, \u00e0 trouver des maris. Pourtant, nous ne pouvons rien dire l\u00e0-dessus, vous savez, cher Jackson\u00a0; il nous faut continuer de rouler cahin-caha, et nous contenter du tintement des grelots\u00a0; seulement, je hais la poussi\u00e8re. Dieu me damne, et ce qui soul\u00e8ve la poussi\u00e8re, et d&rsquo;\u00eatre en prison sous le harnais pour suivre la piste, tandis que d&rsquo;autres sont en voiture, \u00e0 couvert, allongeant les jambes dans la paille \u00e0 l&rsquo;aise, et contemplant les arbres verts et les cieux bleus, sans avoir la moiti\u00e9 de mon go\u00fbt pour tout cela, c&rsquo;est diaboliquement dur.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"clear\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<ul class=\"gallery mw-gallery-packed\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li class=\"gallerycaption\">\u00c9volution des paysages de Gainsborough<\/li>\n<li class=\"gallerybox\">\n<div class=\"thumb\"><a class=\"mw-file-description\" title=\"Wooded Landscape with a Man Talking to Two Seated Women, v. 1745, Yale Center for British Art.\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Thomas_Gainsborough_-_Wooded_Landscape_with_a_Man_Talking_to_Two_Seated_Women_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg?uselang=fr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mw-file-element\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/3\/36\/Thomas_Gainsborough_-_Wooded_Landscape_with_a_Man_Talking_to_Two_Seated_Women_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg\/500px-Thomas_Gainsborough_-_Wooded_Landscape_with_a_Man_Talking_to_Two_Seated_Women_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/3\/36\/Thomas_Gainsborough_-_Wooded_Landscape_with_a_Man_Talking_to_Two_Seated_Women_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg\/960px-Thomas_Gainsborough_-_Wooded_Landscape_with_a_Man_Talking_to_Two_Seated_Women_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 2x\" alt=\"Wooded Landscape with a Man Talking to Two Seated Women, v. 1745, Yale Center for British Art.\" width=\"308\" height=\"240\" data-file-width=\"5590\" data-file-height=\"4353\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallerytext\"><center><i>Wooded Landscape with a Man Talking to Two Seated Women<\/i>, v. 1745,\u00a0<a title=\"Centre d'art britannique de Yale\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Centre_d%27art_britannique_de_Yale\">Yale Center for British Art<\/a>.<\/center><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<li class=\"gallerybox\">\n<div class=\"thumb\"><a class=\"mw-file-description\" title=\"Landscape in Suffolk, 1746-1750, Vienne, Kunsthistorisches Museum[78].\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Thomas_Gainsborough_-_Landscape_in_Suffolk_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg?uselang=fr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mw-file-element\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/6\/6b\/Thomas_Gainsborough_-_Landscape_in_Suffolk_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg\/500px-Thomas_Gainsborough_-_Landscape_in_Suffolk_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/6\/6b\/Thomas_Gainsborough_-_Landscape_in_Suffolk_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg\/960px-Thomas_Gainsborough_-_Landscape_in_Suffolk_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 2x\" alt=\"Landscape in Suffolk, 1746-1750, Vienne, Kunsthistorisches Museum[78].\" width=\"353\" height=\"240\" data-file-width=\"6976\" data-file-height=\"4748\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallerytext\"><center><i>Landscape in Suffolk<\/i>, 1746-1750, Vienne,\u00a0<a title=\"Mus\u00e9e d'Histoire de l'art de Vienne\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mus%C3%A9e_d%27Histoire_de_l%27art_de_Vienne\">Kunsthistorisches Museum<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-Vienne_79-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-Vienne-79\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>78<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/center><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<li class=\"gallerybox\">\n<div class=\"thumb\"><a class=\"mw-file-description\" title=\"Grand paysage, 1760, Worcester Art Museum\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:A_Grand_Landscape,_probably_early_1760s,_by_Thomas_Gainsborough_(1727-1788)_IMG_7309.JPG?uselang=fr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mw-file-element\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/7\/72\/A_Grand_Landscape%2C_probably_early_1760s%2C_by_Thomas_Gainsborough_%281727-1788%29_IMG_7309.JPG\/330px-A_Grand_Landscape%2C_probably_early_1760s%2C_by_Thomas_Gainsborough_%281727-1788%29_IMG_7309.JPG\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/7\/72\/A_Grand_Landscape%2C_probably_early_1760s%2C_by_Thomas_Gainsborough_%281727-1788%29_IMG_7309.JPG\/960px-A_Grand_Landscape%2C_probably_early_1760s%2C_by_Thomas_Gainsborough_%281727-1788%29_IMG_7309.JPG 2x\" alt=\"Grand paysage, 1760, Worcester Art Museum\" width=\"257\" height=\"240\" data-file-width=\"2226\" data-file-height=\"2080\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallerytext\"><center><i>Grand paysage<\/i>, 1760,\u00a0<a title=\"Worcester Art Museum\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Worcester_Art_Museum\">Worcester Art Museum<\/a><\/center><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<li class=\"gallerybox\">\n<div class=\"thumb\"><a class=\"mw-file-description\" title=\"Pr\u00e8s de King's Bromley, v. 1768-1770, Philadelphia Museum of Art\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:GAINSBOROUGH_River_Landscape.jpg?uselang=fr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mw-file-element\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/1\/11\/GAINSBOROUGH_River_Landscape.jpg\/500px-GAINSBOROUGH_River_Landscape.jpg\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/1\/11\/GAINSBOROUGH_River_Landscape.jpg\/960px-GAINSBOROUGH_River_Landscape.jpg 2x\" alt=\"Pr\u00e8s de King's Bromley, v. 1768-1770, Philadelphia Museum of Art\" width=\"335\" height=\"238\" data-file-width=\"1100\" data-file-height=\"781\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallerytext\"><center><i>Pr\u00e8s de King&rsquo;s Bromley<\/i>, v. 1768-1770,\u00a0<a title=\"Philadelphia Museum of Art\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philadelphia_Museum_of_Art\">Philadelphia Museum of Art<\/a><\/center><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<li class=\"gallerybox\">\n<div class=\"thumb\"><a class=\"mw-file-description\" title=\"The Mall in St. James's Park, 1783, The Frick Collection[83].\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Thomas_Gainsborough_-_The_Mall_in_St._James%27s_Park_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg?uselang=fr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mw-file-element\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/f\/ff\/Thomas_Gainsborough_-_The_Mall_in_St._James%27s_Park_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg\/500px-Thomas_Gainsborough_-_The_Mall_in_St._James%27s_Park_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/f\/ff\/Thomas_Gainsborough_-_The_Mall_in_St._James%27s_Park_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg\/960px-Thomas_Gainsborough_-_The_Mall_in_St._James%27s_Park_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 2x\" alt=\"The Mall in St. James's Park, 1783, The Frick Collection[83].\" width=\"289\" height=\"238\" data-file-width=\"5712\" data-file-height=\"4704\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallerytext\"><center><i>The Mall in St. James&rsquo;s Park<\/i>, 1783,\u00a0<a title=\"The Frick Collection\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Frick_Collection\">The Frick Collection<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-84\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-84\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>83<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/center>.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<li class=\"gallerybox\">\n<div class=\"thumb\"><a class=\"mw-file-description\" title=\"A Costal Landscape, 1784, mus\u00e9e d'Art de Denver\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:A_Coastal_Landscape-1784)_by_Thomas_Gainsborough.jpg?uselang=fr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mw-file-element\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/a\/aa\/A_Coastal_Landscape-1784%29_by_Thomas_Gainsborough.jpg\/500px-A_Coastal_Landscape-1784%29_by_Thomas_Gainsborough.jpg\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/a\/aa\/A_Coastal_Landscape-1784%29_by_Thomas_Gainsborough.jpg\/960px-A_Coastal_Landscape-1784%29_by_Thomas_Gainsborough.jpg 2x\" alt=\"A Costal Landscape, 1784, mus\u00e9e d'Art de Denver\" width=\"295\" height=\"238\" data-file-width=\"2560\" data-file-height=\"2070\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallerytext\"><center><i>A Costal Landscape<\/i>, 1784,\u00a0<a title=\"Mus\u00e9e d'Art de Denver\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mus%C3%A9e_d%27Art_de_Denver\">mus\u00e9e d&rsquo;Art de Denver<\/a><\/center><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading4\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h4 id=\"Portraits\">Portraits<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Avec\u00a0<a title=\"Joshua Reynolds\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joshua_Reynolds\">Joshua Reynolds<\/a>, il est le\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Portraitiste\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portraitiste\">portraitiste<\/a>\u00a0britannique dominant de la seconde moiti\u00e9 du\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"Dix-huiti\u00e8me\">XVIII<sup>e<\/sup><\/abbr>\u00a0si\u00e8cle. Mais contrairement \u00e0 Reynolds, il \u00e9vite les r\u00e9f\u00e9rences \u00e0 l&rsquo;art de la Renaissance italienne ou \u00e0 l&rsquo;Antiquit\u00e9, et repr\u00e9sente ses mod\u00e8les en costume contemporain \u00e0 la mode<sup id=\"cite_ref-BioNG_77-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-BioNG-77\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>76<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">L&rsquo;une des plus anciennes toiles conserv\u00e9es du peintre est un portrait, celui dit de\u00a0<i>Clayton Jones<\/i>, il a \u00e9t\u00e9 compos\u00e9 en 1744, au d\u00e9but de la p\u00e9riode \u00ab\u00a0Ipswich\u00a0\u00bb, l&rsquo;artiste \u00e9tait alors \u00e2g\u00e9 de 17 ans<sup id=\"cite_ref-85\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-85\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>84<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Diff\u00e9rents types de portraits sont \u00e0 distinguer\u00a0: ceux concernant des personnalit\u00e9s dits d&rsquo;une composition officielles, avec leurs propres codes, mais qu&rsquo;il va peu \u00e0 peu briser engendrant comme on l&rsquo;a vu des frictions avec l&rsquo;establishment acad\u00e9mique\u00a0; les\u00a0<a title=\"Portrait de groupe\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portrait_de_groupe\">portraits de groupe<\/a>, de conversation\u00a0; les portraits d&rsquo;amis proches et d&rsquo;intimes\u00a0; et enfin certaines\u00a0<a title=\"Sc\u00e8ne de genre\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sc%C3%A8ne_de_genre\">sc\u00e8nes de genre<\/a>, au statut plus ambigu, qui affectionnent la mise en sc\u00e8ne de la ruralit\u00e9 avec un motif humain parfois indirect, par exemple une paysanne ou un berger, totalement noy\u00e9s dans un d\u00e9cor paysag\u00e9 qui sublime l&rsquo;ensemble. Des \u0153uvres comme\u00a0<i>Portrait de Mrs Graham<\/i>,\u00a0<i>Les Filles du peintre<\/i>,\u00a0<i>William Hallett et son \u00e9pouse Elizabeth, n\u00e9e Stephen<\/i>, connue sous le nom de\u00a0<i>Promenade matinale<\/i>\u00a0(1785) et\u00a0<i>Petite paysanne au chien et \u00e0 la cruche<\/i>\u00a0(1785) montrent qu&rsquo;en articulant le corps du mod\u00e8le et un paysage bois\u00e9 fr\u00e9missant, il atteint \u00e0 une sensibilit\u00e9 solipsiste, une subjectivit\u00e9 qui est d\u00e9j\u00e0 pleinement celle du\u00a0<a title=\"Romantisme\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Romantisme\">romantisme<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-86\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-86\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>85<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00c0 Bath, de 1759 \u00e0 1774, il d\u00e9veloppe un style de portrait combinant l&rsquo;\u00e9l\u00e9gance et la palette d&rsquo;un\u00a0<a title=\"Antoine van Dyck\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antoine_van_Dyck\">Van Dyck<\/a>\u00a0avec sa propre approche plus informelle. Pour Gainsborough, la ressemblance \u00e9tait \u00ab\u00a0la principale beaut\u00e9 et l\u2019intention du portrait\u00a0\u00bb, tandis que\u00a0<a title=\"Joshua Reynolds\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joshua_Reynolds\">Reynolds<\/a>, au contraire, tenait la \u00ab\u00a0simple ressemblance\u00a0\u00bb sous-estim\u00e9e et cherchait \u00e0 intellectualiser ses \u0153uvres en incluant des r\u00e9f\u00e9rences \u00e0 l\u2019Antiquit\u00e9 \u2014 s&rsquo;inscrivant ainsi dans une d\u00e9marche\u00a0<a title=\"N\u00e9o-classicisme\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/N%C3%A9o-classicisme\">n\u00e9oclassique<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-87\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-87\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>86<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Reynolds, encore, eut un jugement posthume plus qu&rsquo;\u00e9logieux sur le portraitiste<sup id=\"cite_ref-88\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-88\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>87<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>\u00a0:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u00ab\u00a0La ressemblance d&rsquo;un portrait, comme je l&rsquo;ai d\u00e9j\u00e0 fait observer, consiste plus \u00e0 conserver l&rsquo;effet g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de la physionomie qu&rsquo;\u00e0 donner un fini tr\u00e8s minutieux aux traits ou \u00e0 aucune des parties. Or les portraits de Gainshorough n&rsquo;\u00e9taient souvent, en ce qui regarde le fini ou la d\u00e9termination des traits, gu\u00e8re plus pouss\u00e9s que ne le sont g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement les premiers dessous\u00a0; mais, comme il \u00e9tait tr\u00e8s attentif \u00e0 l&rsquo;effet g\u00e9n\u00e9ral et \u00e0 l&rsquo;ensemble, je me suis souvent imagin\u00e9 que ce manque de fini contribuait \u00e0 celte frappante ressemblance pour laquelle ses portraits sont si remarquables.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul class=\"gallery mw-gallery-packed\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li class=\"gallerycaption\">Diff\u00e9rents styles de portraits au fil du temps<\/li>\n<li class=\"gallerybox\">\n<div class=\"thumb\"><a class=\"mw-file-description\" title=\"Portrait of Clayton Jones, 1744-1745, New Haven, Yale Center for British Art.\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Thomas_Gainsborough_-_Clayton_Jones_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg?uselang=fr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mw-file-element\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/a\/a2\/Thomas_Gainsborough_-_Clayton_Jones_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg\/250px-Thomas_Gainsborough_-_Clayton_Jones_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/a\/a2\/Thomas_Gainsborough_-_Clayton_Jones_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg\/500px-Thomas_Gainsborough_-_Clayton_Jones_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 2x\" alt=\"Portrait of Clayton Jones, 1744-1745, New Haven, Yale Center for British Art.\" width=\"181\" height=\"217\" data-file-width=\"4802\" data-file-height=\"5759\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallerytext\"><center><i>Portrait of Clayton Jones<\/i>, 1744-1745, New Haven,\u00a0<a title=\"Centre d'art britannique de Yale\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Centre_d%27art_britannique_de_Yale\">Yale Center for British Art<\/a><\/center>.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<li class=\"gallerybox\">\n<div class=\"thumb\"><a class=\"mw-file-description\" title=\"Les \u00c9poux Andrews, vers 1750, National Gallery, Londres[88].\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Mr_and_Mrs_Andrews_1748-49.jpg?uselang=fr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mw-file-element\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/3\/39\/Mr_and_Mrs_Andrews_1748-49.jpg\/960px-Mr_and_Mrs_Andrews_1748-49.jpg\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/3\/39\/Mr_and_Mrs_Andrews_1748-49.jpg 2x\" alt=\"Les \u00c9poux Andrews, vers 1750, National Gallery, Londres[88].\" width=\"376\" height=\"217\" data-file-width=\"1190\" data-file-height=\"689\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallerytext\"><center><i><a title=\"Les \u00c9poux Andrews\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Les_%C3%89poux_Andrews\">Les \u00c9poux Andrews<\/a><\/i>, vers 1750,\u00a0<a title=\"National Gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Gallery\">National Gallery<\/a>, Londres<sup id=\"cite_ref-89\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-89\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>88<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/center><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<li class=\"gallerybox\">\n<div class=\"thumb\"><a class=\"mw-file-description\" title=\"Portrait de Lady Alston, 1765, mus\u00e9e du Louvre\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Gainsborough-LadyAlston-Louvre.jpg?uselang=fr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mw-file-element\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/8\/8c\/Gainsborough-LadyAlston-Louvre.jpg\/250px-Gainsborough-LadyAlston-Louvre.jpg\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/8\/8c\/Gainsborough-LadyAlston-Louvre.jpg\/500px-Gainsborough-LadyAlston-Louvre.jpg 2x\" alt=\"Portrait de Lady Alston, 1765, mus\u00e9e du Louvre\" width=\"161\" height=\"217\" data-file-width=\"798\" data-file-height=\"1084\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallerytext\"><center><i><a title=\"Portrait de Lady Alston\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portrait_de_Lady_Alston\">Portrait de Lady Alston<\/a><\/i>, 1765,\u00a0<a title=\"Mus\u00e9e du Louvre\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mus%C3%A9e_du_Louvre\">mus\u00e9e du Louvre<\/a><\/center><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<li class=\"gallerybox\">\n<div class=\"thumb\"><a class=\"mw-file-description\" title=\"Elizabeth and Thomas Linley, 1768, Clark Art Institute\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Thomas_Gainsborough_-_Elizabeth_and_Thomas_Linley.jpg?uselang=fr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mw-file-element\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/d\/d2\/Thomas_Gainsborough_-_Elizabeth_and_Thomas_Linley.jpg\/330px-Thomas_Gainsborough_-_Elizabeth_and_Thomas_Linley.jpg\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/d\/d2\/Thomas_Gainsborough_-_Elizabeth_and_Thomas_Linley.jpg\/960px-Thomas_Gainsborough_-_Elizabeth_and_Thomas_Linley.jpg 2x\" alt=\"Elizabeth and Thomas Linley, 1768, Clark Art Institute\" width=\"193\" height=\"217\" data-file-width=\"1774\" data-file-height=\"2000\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallerytext\"><center><i>Elizabeth and Thomas Linley<\/i>, 1768,\u00a0<a title=\"Clark Art Institute\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Clark_Art_Institute\">Clark Art Institute<\/a><\/center><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<li class=\"gallerybox\">\n<div class=\"thumb\"><a class=\"mw-file-description\" title=\"Portrait d'Ignatius Sancho, 1768, mus\u00e9e des beaux-arts du Canada[89]\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Ignatius_Sancho,_1768.jpg?uselang=fr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mw-file-element\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/3\/38\/Ignatius_Sancho%2C_1768.jpg\/250px-Ignatius_Sancho%2C_1768.jpg\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/3\/38\/Ignatius_Sancho%2C_1768.jpg 2x\" alt=\"Portrait d'Ignatius Sancho, 1768, mus\u00e9e des beaux-arts du Canada[89]\" width=\"174\" height=\"208\" data-file-width=\"641\" data-file-height=\"768\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallerytext\"><center><i>Portrait d&rsquo;<a title=\"Ignatius Sancho\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ignatius_Sancho\">Ignatius Sancho<\/a><\/i>, 1768,\u00a0<a title=\"Mus\u00e9e des beaux-arts du Canada\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mus%C3%A9e_des_beaux-arts_du_Canada\">mus\u00e9e des beaux-arts du Canada<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-90\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-90\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>89<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/center><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<li class=\"gallerybox\">\n<div class=\"thumb\"><a class=\"mw-file-description\" title=\"The Honourable Mrs Graham, 1775, Scottish National Gallery.\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Thomas_Gainsborough_-_The_Honourable_Mrs_Graham_(1757_-_1792)_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg?uselang=fr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mw-file-element\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/7\/7d\/Thomas_Gainsborough_-_The_Honourable_Mrs_Graham_%281757_-_1792%29_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg\/250px-Thomas_Gainsborough_-_The_Honourable_Mrs_Graham_%281757_-_1792%29_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/7\/7d\/Thomas_Gainsborough_-_The_Honourable_Mrs_Graham_%281757_-_1792%29_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg\/500px-Thomas_Gainsborough_-_The_Honourable_Mrs_Graham_%281757_-_1792%29_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 2x\" alt=\"The Honourable Mrs Graham, 1775, Scottish National Gallery.\" width=\"135\" height=\"208\" data-file-width=\"2598\" data-file-height=\"4001\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallerytext\"><center><i>The Honourable Mrs Graham<\/i>, 1775,\u00a0<a title=\"Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scottish_National_Gallery_of_Modern_Art\">Scottish National Gallery<\/a><\/center>.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<li class=\"gallerybox\">\n<div class=\"thumb\"><a class=\"mw-file-description\" title=\"La Femme en bleu, 1775-1785 mus\u00e9e de l'Ermitage\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Gainsborough,_Thomas_-_A_Woman_in_Blue.jpg?uselang=fr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mw-file-element\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/3\/3a\/Gainsborough%2C_Thomas_-_A_Woman_in_Blue.jpg\/250px-Gainsborough%2C_Thomas_-_A_Woman_in_Blue.jpg\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/3\/3a\/Gainsborough%2C_Thomas_-_A_Woman_in_Blue.jpg\/500px-Gainsborough%2C_Thomas_-_A_Woman_in_Blue.jpg 2x\" alt=\"La Femme en bleu, 1775-1785 mus\u00e9e de l'Ermitage\" width=\"166\" height=\"208\" data-file-width=\"3937\" data-file-height=\"4921\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallerytext\"><center><i><a title=\"La Femme en bleu (Gainsborough)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/La_Femme_en_bleu_(Gainsborough)\">La Femme en bleu<\/a><\/i>, 1775-1785<br \/>\n<a title=\"Mus\u00e9e de l'Ermitage\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mus%C3%A9e_de_l%27Ermitage\">mus\u00e9e de l&rsquo;Ermitage<\/a><\/center><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<li class=\"gallerybox\">\n<div class=\"thumb\"><a class=\"mw-file-description\" title=\"Portrait de Mrs Mary \u00ab Perdita \u00bb Robinson, 1781, Wallace Collection[90]\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Thomas_Gainsborough_-_Mrs._Mary_Robinson_(%22Perdita%22)_-_WGA08417.jpg?uselang=fr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mw-file-element\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/2\/29\/Thomas_Gainsborough_-_Mrs._Mary_Robinson_%28%22Perdita%22%29_-_WGA08417.jpg\/250px-Thomas_Gainsborough_-_Mrs._Mary_Robinson_%28%22Perdita%22%29_-_WGA08417.jpg\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/2\/29\/Thomas_Gainsborough_-_Mrs._Mary_Robinson_%28%22Perdita%22%29_-_WGA08417.jpg\/500px-Thomas_Gainsborough_-_Mrs._Mary_Robinson_%28%22Perdita%22%29_-_WGA08417.jpg 2x\" alt=\"Portrait de Mrs Mary \u00ab Perdita \u00bb Robinson, 1781, Wallace Collection[90]\" width=\"135\" height=\"208\" data-file-width=\"1241\" data-file-height=\"1915\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallerytext\"><center><i>Portrait de Mrs\u00a0<a title=\"Mary Robinson (po\u00e8te)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mary_Robinson_(po%C3%A8te)\">Mary \u00ab\u00a0Perdita\u00a0\u00bb Robinson<\/a><\/i>, 1781,\u00a0<a title=\"Wallace Collection (mus\u00e9e)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wallace_Collection_(mus%C3%A9e)\">Wallace Collection<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-91\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-91\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>90<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/center><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<li class=\"gallerybox\">\n<div class=\"thumb\"><a class=\"mw-file-description\" title=\"George, prince de Galles, 1782 Royal Collection\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Gainsborough_-_George_IV_Prince_of_Wales,_1782.jpg?uselang=fr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mw-file-element\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/9\/96\/Gainsborough_-_George_IV_Prince_of_Wales%2C_1782.jpg\/250px-Gainsborough_-_George_IV_Prince_of_Wales%2C_1782.jpg\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/9\/96\/Gainsborough_-_George_IV_Prince_of_Wales%2C_1782.jpg\/500px-Gainsborough_-_George_IV_Prince_of_Wales%2C_1782.jpg 2x\" alt=\"George, prince de Galles, 1782 Royal Collection\" width=\"154\" height=\"208\" data-file-width=\"1113\" data-file-height=\"1500\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallerytext\"><center><i><a title=\"George IV\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_IV\">George<\/a>, prince de Galles<\/i>, 1782<br \/>\n<a title=\"Royal Collection\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Royal_Collection\">Royal Collection<\/a><\/center><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<li class=\"gallerybox\">\n<div class=\"thumb\"><a class=\"mw-file-description\" title=\"Portrait de Georgiana, duchesse de Devonshire, 1785-1787, Chatsworth House.\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Thomas_Gainsborough_Lady_Georgiana_Cavendish.jpg?uselang=fr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mw-file-element\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/0\/08\/Thomas_Gainsborough_Lady_Georgiana_Cavendish.jpg\/250px-Thomas_Gainsborough_Lady_Georgiana_Cavendish.jpg\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/0\/08\/Thomas_Gainsborough_Lady_Georgiana_Cavendish.jpg\/500px-Thomas_Gainsborough_Lady_Georgiana_Cavendish.jpg 2x\" alt=\"Portrait de Georgiana, duchesse de Devonshire, 1785-1787, Chatsworth House.\" width=\"133\" height=\"208\" data-file-width=\"1353\" data-file-height=\"2123\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallerytext\"><center><i><a title=\"Portrait de Georgiana, duchesse de Devonshire\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portrait_de_Georgiana,_duchesse_de_Devonshire\">Portrait de Georgiana, duchesse de Devonshire<\/a><\/i>, 1785-1787,\u00a0<a title=\"Chatsworth House\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chatsworth_House\">Chatsworth House<\/a>.<\/center><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading4\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h4 id=\"Sc\u00e8nes_de_genre_et_\u00ab_fantaisie_\u00bb\">Sc\u00e8nes de genre et \u00ab\u00a0fantaisie\u00a0\u00bb<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Parmi les sc\u00e8nes de genre originales, Gainsborough a \u00e9t\u00e9 au milieu des ann\u00e9es 1750 le premier peintre anglais \u00e0 figurer des\u00a0<a title=\"Gitans\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gitans\">gitans<\/a>\u00a0(<abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr><i>Gispsies<\/i>)<sup id=\"cite_ref-92\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-92\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>91<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Au cours des huit derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es de sa vie, il r\u00e9alise vingt tableaux dits \u00ab\u00a0de fantaisie\u00a0\u00bb (<abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr>\u00a0<i>fancy picture<\/i>), un genre qui appara\u00eet au\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"Dix-huiti\u00e8me\">XVIII<sup>e<\/sup><\/abbr>\u00a0si\u00e8cle dans la peinture anglaise, terme forg\u00e9 par le critique et graveur\u00a0<a title=\"George Vertue\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Vertue\">George Vertue<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-93\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-93\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>92<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>. Ces \u0153uvres rappellent par leurs th\u00e8mes la peinture de\u00a0<a title=\"Bartolom\u00e9 Esteban Murillo\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bartolom%C3%A9_Esteban_Murillo\">Murillo<\/a>, artiste pr\u00e9f\u00e9r\u00e9 de Gainsborough apr\u00e8s\u00a0<a title=\"Antoine van Dyck\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antoine_van_Dyck\">Van Dyck<\/a>. Ces sc\u00e8nes de genre suscitaient l&rsquo;admiration de nombreux artistes contemporains<sup id=\"cite_ref-94\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-94\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>93<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>. Parmi les th\u00e8mes, la s\u00e9rie de\u00a0<i>Cottage Door<\/i>, montrant des fa\u00e7ades de\u00a0<a title=\"Cottage\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cottage\">cottages<\/a>\u00a0aux cours encombr\u00e9es d&rsquo;enfants<sup id=\"cite_ref-95\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-95\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>94<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<ul class=\"gallery mw-gallery-packed\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li class=\"gallerycaption\">Diff\u00e9rentes sc\u00e8nes de genre<\/li>\n<li class=\"gallerybox\">\n<div class=\"thumb\"><a class=\"mw-file-description\" title=\"Spitz Dog, v. 1765, Yale Center for British Art.\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Thomas_Gainsborough_-_Spitz_Dog_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg?uselang=fr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mw-file-element\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/3\/32\/Thomas_Gainsborough_-_Spitz_Dog_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg\/500px-Thomas_Gainsborough_-_Spitz_Dog_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/3\/32\/Thomas_Gainsborough_-_Spitz_Dog_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg\/960px-Thomas_Gainsborough_-_Spitz_Dog_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 2x\" alt=\"Spitz Dog, v. 1765, Yale Center for British Art.\" width=\"244\" height=\"200\" data-file-width=\"5728\" data-file-height=\"4705\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallerytext\"><center><i>Spitz Dog<\/i>, v. 1765,\u00a0<a title=\"Centre d'art britannique de Yale\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Centre_d%27art_britannique_de_Yale\">Yale Center for British Art<\/a>.<\/center><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<li class=\"gallerybox\">\n<div class=\"thumb\"><a class=\"mw-file-description\" title=\"Figures Before a Cottage, v. 1772, Tokyo Fuji Art Museum.\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Thomas_Gainsborough_-_Figures_Before_a_Cottage.jpg?uselang=fr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mw-file-element\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/7\/71\/Thomas_Gainsborough_-_Figures_Before_a_Cottage.jpg\/250px-Thomas_Gainsborough_-_Figures_Before_a_Cottage.jpg\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/7\/71\/Thomas_Gainsborough_-_Figures_Before_a_Cottage.jpg\/500px-Thomas_Gainsborough_-_Figures_Before_a_Cottage.jpg 2x\" alt=\"Figures Before a Cottage, v. 1772, Tokyo Fuji Art Museum.\" width=\"158\" height=\"200\" data-file-width=\"1572\" data-file-height=\"2000\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallerytext\"><center><i>Figures Before a Cottage<\/i>, v. 1772,\u00a0<a title=\"Mus\u00e9e d'Art Fuji de Tokyo\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mus%C3%A9e_d%27Art_Fuji_de_Tokyo\">Tokyo Fuji Art Museum<\/a>.<\/center><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<li class=\"gallerybox\">\n<div class=\"thumb\"><a class=\"mw-file-description\" title=\"Two shepherd boys with dogs fighting, 1783, Kenwood House, Hampstead\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Thomas_Gainsborough_-_Two_shepherd_boys_with_dogs_fighting_(1783).jpg?uselang=fr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mw-file-element\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/3\/35\/Thomas_Gainsborough_-_Two_shepherd_boys_with_dogs_fighting_%281783%29.jpg\/250px-Thomas_Gainsborough_-_Two_shepherd_boys_with_dogs_fighting_%281783%29.jpg\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/3\/35\/Thomas_Gainsborough_-_Two_shepherd_boys_with_dogs_fighting_%281783%29.jpg\/500px-Thomas_Gainsborough_-_Two_shepherd_boys_with_dogs_fighting_%281783%29.jpg 2x\" alt=\"Two shepherd boys with dogs fighting, 1783, Kenwood House, Hampstead\" width=\"139\" height=\"200\" data-file-width=\"7055\" data-file-height=\"10168\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallerytext\"><center><i>Two shepherd boys with dogs fighting<\/i>, 1783,\u00a0<a title=\"Kenwood House\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kenwood_House\">Kenwood House, Hampstead<\/a><\/center><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading4\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h4 id=\"Gravures_:_un_aspect_m\u00e9connu\">Gravures\u00a0: un aspect m\u00e9connu<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">S&rsquo;il commence tr\u00e8s jeune comme apprenti dessinateur-graveur, on ne peut pas affirmer que Gainsborough soit un \u00ab\u00a0peintre-graveur\u00a0\u00bb, au sens o\u00f9 l&rsquo;entendra en 1802\u00a0<a title=\"Adam von Bartsch\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adam_von_Bartsch\">Adam von Bartsch<\/a>\u00a0dans son essai fondateur<sup id=\"cite_ref-96\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-96\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>95<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>. Un peu plus tard,\u00a0<a title=\"Henri Beraldi\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henri_Beraldi\">Beraldi<\/a>\u00a0et\u00a0<a title=\"Roger Portalis\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roger_Portalis\">Portalis<\/a>\u00a0ne le citent pas dans leur\u00a0<a title=\"Les Graveurs du dix-huiti\u00e8me si\u00e8cle\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Les_Graveurs_du_dix-huiti%C3%A8me_si%C3%A8cle\">inventaire des graveurs du\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"Dix-huiti\u00e8me\">XVIII<sup>e<\/sup><\/abbr><\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-97\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-97\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>96<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>. Et pourtant, un aspect m\u00e9connu de son \u0153uvre, reste la composition par ses propres soins d&rsquo;<a title=\"Estampe\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Estampe\">estampes<\/a>\u00a0originales obtenues \u00e0 partir de techniques \u00e0 son \u00e9poque assez in\u00e9dites, d\u00e9riv\u00e9es de l&rsquo;<a title=\"Eau-forte\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eau-forte\">eau-forte<\/a>, comme la\u00a0<a title=\"Mani\u00e8re noire\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mani%C3%A8re_noire\">mani\u00e8re noire<\/a>, le\u00a0<a title=\"Vernis mou\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vernis_mou\">vernis mou<\/a>\u00a0et la\u00a0<a title=\"Mani\u00e8re de crayon\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mani%C3%A8re_de_crayon\">mani\u00e8re de crayon<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-98\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-98\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>97<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">L&rsquo;inventaire premier a \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9tabli en 1971 par l&rsquo;un des sp\u00e9cialistes modernes de l&rsquo;artiste,\u00a0<a class=\"new\" title=\"John Trevor Hayes (page inexistante)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=John_Trevor_Hayes&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\">John Trevor Hayes<\/a>\u00a0(1929-2005), conservateur \u00e0 la\u00a0<a title=\"National Portrait Gallery (Royaume-Uni)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Portrait_Gallery_(Royaume-Uni)\">National Portrait Gallery<\/a>\u00a0(1974-1994)<sup id=\"cite_ref-99\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-99\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>98<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><sup class=\"reference cite_virgule\">,<\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-100\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-100\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>99<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>. Ce travail avait \u00e9t\u00e9 pr\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 par une \u00e9tude de Henry Percy Horne publi\u00e9e 1891, et portant sur les gravures produites\u00a0<i>d&rsquo;apr\u00e8s<\/i>\u00a0certains tableaux et motifs du peintre entre 1770 et 1830<sup id=\"cite_ref-101\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-101\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>100<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>\u00a0: Hayes venait ainsi combler un vide et r\u00e9parer un oubli.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">L&rsquo;\u00e9tude des diff\u00e9rentes planches avant la lettre, c&rsquo;est-\u00e0-dire sans le texte comprenant les signatures et les l\u00e9gendes rend difficile la datation exacte de la mise en production par Gainsborough de ses propres tirages\u00a0: l&rsquo;une d&rsquo;entre elle (<i>The Gipsies<\/i>, ci-dessous) indique 1759 comme date de premier \u00e9tat, ce qui laisse entendre qu&rsquo;il est encore dans le Sufforlk\u00a0; or, on se souvient de sa proximit\u00e9 avec le graveur\u00a0<a title=\"Joshua Kirby\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joshua_Kirby\">Joshua Kirby<\/a>.\u00a0<i>The Gipsies<\/i>\u00a0est \u00e0 la fois la premi\u00e8re manifestation du peintre comme graveur, et la seule trace d&rsquo;une \u0153uvre \u00e0 ce jour disparue,\u00a0<i>Wooded landscape with gipsies round a camp fire<\/i>. Elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 traduite avec l&rsquo;aide de\u00a0<a title=\"Joseph Wood (graveur)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joseph_Wood_(graveur)\">J. Wood<\/a>\u00a0(1720-?), ancien \u00e9l\u00e8ve de\u00a0<a title=\"Chatelain (graveur anglais)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chatelain_(graveur_anglais)\">Chatelain<\/a>, et qui travaillera avec l&rsquo;\u00e9diteur\u00a0<a title=\"John Boydell\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Boydell\">John Boydell<\/a>\u00a0d\u00e8s le milieu des ann\u00e9es 1760<sup id=\"cite_ref-102\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-102\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>101<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Par la suite, outre celui de son neveu\u00a0<a title=\"Gainsborough Dupont\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gainsborough_Dupont\">Gainsborough Dupont<\/a>\u00a0qui interpr\u00e8te son oncle d\u00e8s 1779, on croise d&rsquo;autres noms, permettant de tisser un jeu de r\u00e9seaux entre graveur, imprimeur, marchand. D&rsquo;autres noms de marchands d&rsquo;estampes adviennent comme celui de John Bowles, important fils d&rsquo;imprimeur londonien. Du vivant de Gainsborough, l&rsquo;activit\u00e9 qui consiste \u00e0 reproduire les propres compositions du peintre prend tournure dans les ann\u00e9es 1770-1780, de son vivant. On croise les noms de\u00a0<a title=\"Valentine Green\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Valentine_Green\">Valentine Green<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"John Raphael Smith\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Raphael_Smith\">John Raphael Smith<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-103\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-103\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>102<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>,\u00a0<a title=\"Thomas Rowlandson\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Rowlandson\">Thomas Rowlandson<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Richard Earlom\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Earlom\">Richard Earlom<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Francesco Bartolozzi\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Francesco_Bartolozzi\">Francesco Bartolozzi<\/a>, entre autres. En 1787, l&rsquo;\u00e9diteur-marchand parisien\u00a0<a title=\"Jacques-Louis Bance\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jacques-Louis_Bance\">Jacques-Louis Bance<\/a>\u00a0effectue des tirages d&rsquo;estampes d&rsquo;apr\u00e8s Gainsborough, et les fait rehausser \u00e0 la couleur. Le marchand Boydell, encore lui, entreprend un gros retirage vers 1797, \u00e0 la\u00a0<a title=\"Boydell Shakespeare Gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boydell_Shakespeare_Gallery\">Shakespeare Gallery<\/a>, sur Pall Mall, des essais grav\u00e9s par Gainsborough. Enfin, en 1802, des paysages champ\u00eatres con\u00e7us par Gainsborough sont traduits en gravures par\u00a0<a title=\"John Laporte (artiste)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Laporte_(artiste)\">John Laporte<\/a>\u00a0et publi\u00e9s par W. F. Wells \u00e0 Londres, jusqu&rsquo;en 1818. L&rsquo;un des \u00e9v\u00e9nements qui va contribuer \u00e0 diffuser massivement l&rsquo;iconographie du peintre c&rsquo;est l&rsquo;\u00e9dition en 1841 par le\u00a0<i><a title=\"The Saturday Magazine\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Saturday_Magazine\">Saturday Magazine<\/a><\/i>\u00a0d&rsquo;un suppl\u00e9ment illustr\u00e9 de bois grav\u00e9s intitul\u00e9\u00a0<i>Thomas Gainsborough And his Works<\/i><sup id=\"cite_ref-104\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-104\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>103<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<ul class=\"gallery mw-gallery-packed\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li class=\"gallerycaption\">Quelques planches originales<\/li>\n<li class=\"gallerybox\">\n<div class=\"thumb\"><a class=\"mw-file-description\" title=\"A Moonlit Landscape with Cattle by a Pool, v. 1775-1780, vernis mou et mani\u00e8re noire rehauss\u00e9s, Yale Center for British Art[104].\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Thomas_Gainsborough_-_A_Moonlit_Landscape_with_Cattle_by_a_Pool_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg?uselang=fr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mw-file-element\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/8\/87\/Thomas_Gainsborough_-_A_Moonlit_Landscape_with_Cattle_by_a_Pool_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg\/500px-Thomas_Gainsborough_-_A_Moonlit_Landscape_with_Cattle_by_a_Pool_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/8\/87\/Thomas_Gainsborough_-_A_Moonlit_Landscape_with_Cattle_by_a_Pool_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg\/960px-Thomas_Gainsborough_-_A_Moonlit_Landscape_with_Cattle_by_a_Pool_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 2x\" alt=\"A Moonlit Landscape with Cattle by a Pool, v. 1775-1780, vernis mou et mani\u00e8re noire rehauss\u00e9s, Yale Center for British Art[104].\" width=\"256\" height=\"200\" data-file-width=\"2929\" data-file-height=\"2297\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallerytext\"><center><i>A Moonlit Landscape with Cattle by a Pool<\/i>, v. 1775-1780, vernis mou et mani\u00e8re noire rehauss\u00e9s, Yale Center for British Art<sup id=\"cite_ref-105\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-105\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>104<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/center><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<li class=\"gallerybox\">\n<div class=\"thumb\"><a class=\"mw-file-description\" title=\"Wooded Landscape with Country Cart, 1784-1786, vernis mou, 1er \u00e9tat, New York, The MET[105].\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Wooded_Landscape_with_Country_Cart,_Cottage_and_Figures_MET_DP819247.jpg?uselang=fr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mw-file-element\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/9\/9f\/Wooded_Landscape_with_Country_Cart%2C_Cottage_and_Figures_MET_DP819247.jpg\/500px-Wooded_Landscape_with_Country_Cart%2C_Cottage_and_Figures_MET_DP819247.jpg\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/9\/9f\/Wooded_Landscape_with_Country_Cart%2C_Cottage_and_Figures_MET_DP819247.jpg\/960px-Wooded_Landscape_with_Country_Cart%2C_Cottage_and_Figures_MET_DP819247.jpg 2x\" alt=\"Wooded Landscape with Country Cart, 1784-1786, vernis mou, 1er \u00e9tat, New York, The MET[105].\" width=\"252\" height=\"200\" data-file-width=\"3641\" data-file-height=\"2901\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallerytext\"><center><i>Wooded Landscape with Country Cart<\/i>, 1784-1786, vernis mou,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"Premier\">1<sup>er<\/sup><\/abbr>\u00a0\u00e9tat, New York, The MET<sup id=\"cite_ref-106\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-106\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>105<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/center><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"gallery mw-gallery-packed\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li class=\"gallerycaption\">Planches avec retirages<\/li>\n<li class=\"gallerybox\">\n<div class=\"thumb\"><a class=\"mw-file-description\" title=\"The Gipsies, eau-forte, 1er \u00e9tat par Gainsborough (1759), regrav\u00e9 ici par John Wood en 1764 pour Boydell[106].\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:GainsboroughAN00167044_001_l.jpg?uselang=fr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mw-file-element\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/8\/86\/GainsboroughAN00167044_001_l.jpg\/330px-GainsboroughAN00167044_001_l.jpg\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/8\/86\/GainsboroughAN00167044_001_l.jpg 2x\" alt=\"The Gipsies, eau-forte, 1er \u00e9tat par Gainsborough (1759), regrav\u00e9 ici par John Wood en 1764 pour Boydell[106].\" width=\"238\" height=\"265\" data-file-width=\"750\" data-file-height=\"837\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallerytext\"><center><i>The Gipsies<\/i>, eau-forte,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"Premier\">1<sup>er<\/sup><\/abbr>\u00a0\u00e9tat par Gainsborough (1759), regrav\u00e9 ici par John Wood en 1764 pour\u00a0<a title=\"John Boydell\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Boydell\">Boydell<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-107\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-107\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>106<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/center><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<li class=\"gallerybox\">\n<div class=\"thumb\"><a class=\"mw-file-description\" title=\"Girl and Pigs, mani\u00e8re noire par Richard Earlom d'apr\u00e8s l'artiste, 1783, coll. Johsua Reynolds, publ. par Boydell, New York, The MET[107].\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Girl_and_Pigs_MET_DP820211.jpg?uselang=fr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mw-file-element\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/8\/8f\/Girl_and_Pigs_MET_DP820211.jpg\/500px-Girl_and_Pigs_MET_DP820211.jpg\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/8\/8f\/Girl_and_Pigs_MET_DP820211.jpg\/960px-Girl_and_Pigs_MET_DP820211.jpg 2x\" alt=\"Girl and Pigs, mani\u00e8re noire par Richard Earlom d'apr\u00e8s l'artiste, 1783, coll. Johsua Reynolds, publ. par Boydell, New York, The MET[107].\" width=\"315\" height=\"265\" data-file-width=\"3765\" data-file-height=\"3175\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallerytext\"><center><i>Girl and Pigs<\/i>,\u00a0<a title=\"Mani\u00e8re noire\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mani%C3%A8re_noire\">mani\u00e8re noire<\/a>\u00a0par\u00a0<a title=\"Richard Earlom\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Earlom\">Richard Earlom<\/a>\u00a0d&rsquo;apr\u00e8s l&rsquo;artiste, 1783, coll. Johsua Reynolds, publ. par Boydell, New York, The MET<sup id=\"cite_ref-108\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-108\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>107<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/center><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<li class=\"gallerybox\">\n<div class=\"thumb\"><a class=\"mw-file-description\" title=\"Open Landscape with Three Horsemen..., aquatinte et mani\u00e8re de crayon, retravaill\u00e9 par Thomas Rowlandson, 1784-1788, New York, The MET[108].\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Open_Landscape_with_Three_Horsemen_in_the_Middle_Distance_Heading_to_the_Right,_Windblown_Trees_at_Left_MET_DP823311.jpg?uselang=fr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mw-file-element\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/f\/fe\/Open_Landscape_with_Three_Horsemen_in_the_Middle_Distance_Heading_to_the_Right%2C_Windblown_Trees_at_Left_MET_DP823311.jpg\/500px-Open_Landscape_with_Three_Horsemen_in_the_Middle_Distance_Heading_to_the_Right%2C_Windblown_Trees_at_Left_MET_DP823311.jpg\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/f\/fe\/Open_Landscape_with_Three_Horsemen_in_the_Middle_Distance_Heading_to_the_Right%2C_Windblown_Trees_at_Left_MET_DP823311.jpg\/960px-Open_Landscape_with_Three_Horsemen_in_the_Middle_Distance_Heading_to_the_Right%2C_Windblown_Trees_at_Left_MET_DP823311.jpg 2x\" alt=\"Open Landscape with Three Horsemen..., aquatinte et mani\u00e8re de crayon, retravaill\u00e9 par Thomas Rowlandson, 1784-1788, New York, The MET[108].\" width=\"366\" height=\"265\" data-file-width=\"3667\" data-file-height=\"2656\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallerytext\"><center><i>Open Landscape with Three Horsemen&#8230;<\/i>,\u00a0<a title=\"Aquatinte\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aquatinte\">aquatinte<\/a>\u00a0et\u00a0<a title=\"Mani\u00e8re de crayon\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mani%C3%A8re_de_crayon\">mani\u00e8re de crayon<\/a>, retravaill\u00e9 par\u00a0<a title=\"Thomas Rowlandson\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Rowlandson\">Thomas Rowlandson<\/a>, 1784-1788, New York,\u00a0<a title=\"The MET\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_MET\">The MET<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-109\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-109\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>108<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/center><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading3\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h3 id=\"Conservation_dans_les_collections_publiques\">Conservation dans les collections publiques<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<dl>\n<dt>Angleterre<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><a title=\"Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Birmingham_Museum_and_Art_Gallery\">Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Colchester\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Colchester\">Colchester<\/a>\u00a0&amp;\u00a0<a title=\"Ipswich\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ipswich\">Ipswich<\/a>\u00a0Museums<sup id=\"cite_ref-110\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-110\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>109<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Courtauld Gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Courtauld_Gallery\">Courtauld Gallery<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-111\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-111\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>110<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Dulwich Picture Gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dulwich_Picture_Gallery\">Dulwich Picture Gallery<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-112\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-112\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>111<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Kenwood House\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kenwood_House\">Kenwood House<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-113\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-113\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>112<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"National Gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Gallery\">National Gallery<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-114\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-114\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>113<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Royal Collection\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Royal_Collection\">Royal Collection<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Tate Gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tate_Gallery\">Tate Gallery<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-115\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-115\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>114<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Wallace Collection (mus\u00e9e)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wallace_Collection_(mus%C3%A9e)\">Wallace Collection<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Worcester Art Museum\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Worcester_Art_Museum\">Worcester Art Museum<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-116\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-116\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>115<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<dl>\n<dt>Canada<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><a title=\"Mus\u00e9e des beaux-arts du Canada\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mus%C3%A9e_des_beaux-arts_du_Canada\">Mus\u00e9e des beaux-arts du Canada<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<dl>\n<dt>Espagne<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><a title=\"Mus\u00e9e du Prado\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mus%C3%A9e_du_Prado\">Mus\u00e9e du Prado<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<dl>\n<dt>\u00c9tats-Unis<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><a title=\"Art Institute of Chicago\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Art_Institute_of_Chicago\">Art Institute of Chicago<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Biblioth\u00e8que Huntington\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Biblioth%C3%A8que_Huntington\">Biblioth\u00e8que Huntington<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-117\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-117\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>116<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Clark Art Institute\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Clark_Art_Institute\">Clark Art Institute<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-118\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-118\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>117<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Frick Collection\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frick_Collection\">Frick Collection<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-119\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-119\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>118<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><sup class=\"reference cite_virgule\">,<\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-120\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-120\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>119<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><sup class=\"reference cite_virgule\">,<\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-121\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-121\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>120<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Getty Center\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Getty_Center\">Getty Center<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-122\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-122\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>121<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Metropolitan Museum of Art\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art\">Metropolitan Museum of Art<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-123\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-123\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>122<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"National Gallery of Art\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Gallery_of_Art\">National Gallery of Art<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Philadelphia Museum of Art\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philadelphia_Museum_of_Art\">Philadelphia Museum of Art<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-124\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-124\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>123<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<dl>\n<dt>France<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><a title=\"Mus\u00e9e du Louvre\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mus%C3%A9e_du_Louvre\">Mus\u00e9e du Louvre<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-125\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-125\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>124<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<dl>\n<dt>Russie<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><a title=\"Mus\u00e9e de l'Ermitage\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mus%C3%A9e_de_l%27Ermitage\">Mus\u00e9e de l&rsquo;Ermitage<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-126\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-126\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>125<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading2\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h2 id=\"Expositions_notables\">Expositions notables<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">La premi\u00e8re grande exposition, qui rassemble 395 tableaux et dessins de l&rsquo;artiste, a lieu durant l&rsquo;\u00e9t\u00e9 1885 \u00e0 la Grosvenor Gallery de Londres, sous la direction de\u00a0<a title=\"Coutts Lindsay\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Coutts_Lindsay\">Coutts Lindsay<\/a>\u00a0et des notices r\u00e9dig\u00e9es par\u00a0<a title=\"Frederic George Stephens\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frederic_George_Stephens\">Frederic George Stephens<\/a>, et incluant la collection de\u00a0<a title=\"Richard Doyle (illustrateur)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Doyle_(illustrateur)\">Richard Doyle<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-127\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-127\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>126<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">En f\u00e9vrier-mars 1936, se tient au 45,\u00a0<a title=\"Park Lane\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Park_Lane\">Park Lane<\/a>, une exposition rassemblant des \u0153uvres et des lettres du peintre organis\u00e9e par\u00a0<a title=\"Philip Sassoon\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philip_Sassoon\">Philip Sassoon<\/a>\u00a0dans le but d&rsquo;aider \u00e0 sauver le\u00a0<a class=\"new\" title=\"Royal Northern Hospital (page inexistante)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Royal_Northern_Hospital&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\">Royal Northern Hospital<\/a>\u00a0<a class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Royal Northern Hospital\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Royal_Northern_Hospital\"><span class=\"indicateur-langue\" title=\"Article en anglais\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0Royal Northern Hospital\u00a0\u00bb\">(en)<\/span><\/a>, sous le patronage de\u00a0<a title=\"George V\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_V\">George V<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-128\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-128\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>127<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">En mai 1953, est inaugur\u00e9e \u00e0 la\u00a0<a title=\"Tate (mus\u00e9es)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tate_(mus%C3%A9es)\">Tate<\/a>\u00a0de Londres en collaboration avec les\u00a0<a title=\"Conseil des arts de Grande-Bretagne\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Conseil_des_arts_de_Grande-Bretagne\">Art Councils<\/a>, une exposition qui de nouveau fait date<sup id=\"cite_ref-129\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-129\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>128<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Du 4 octobre 1980 au 4 janvier 1981, John Trevor Hayes est commissaire de l&rsquo;exposition\u00a0<i>Thomas Gainsborough<\/i>\u00a0\u00e0 la Tate<sup id=\"cite_ref-130\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-130\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>129<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>\u00a0; cette exposition est ensuite pr\u00e9sent\u00e9e au\u00a0<a title=\"Grand Palais (Paris)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grand_Palais_(Paris)\">Grand Palais<\/a>\u00a0\u00e0 Paris du 6 f\u00e9vrier au 27 avril 1981<sup id=\"cite_ref-131\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-131\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>130<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading2\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h2 id=\"Historiographie\">Historiographie<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Vers 1772,\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Johan Zoffany\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Johan_Zoffany\">Johan Zoffany<\/a>\u00a0ex\u00e9cute le portrait du peintre<sup id=\"cite_ref-132\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-132\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>131<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>. Parmi les premi\u00e8res sources biographiques, ont \u00e9t\u00e9 identifi\u00e9s les comptes rendus, articles, et n\u00e9crologies, r\u00e9dig\u00e9s principalement par Philip Thicknesse,\u00a0<a title=\"William Jackson (compositeur)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Jackson_(compositeur)\">William Jackson<\/a>\u00a0et Joshua Reynolds<sup id=\"cite_ref-133\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-133\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>132<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Le premier biographe du peintre reste\u00a0<a class=\"new\" title=\"George Williams Fulcher (page inexistante)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=George_Williams_Fulcher&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\">George Williams Fulcher<\/a>\u00a0<a class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:George Williams Fulcher\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Williams_Fulcher\"><span class=\"indicateur-langue\" title=\"Article en anglais\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0George Williams Fulcher\u00a0\u00bb\">(en)<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(1795-1855), son r\u00e9cit, qui est achev\u00e9 par son fils, est publi\u00e9 en 1855 avec l&rsquo;aide du peintre\u00a0<a title=\"Charles Robert Leslie\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Robert_Leslie\">Charles Robert Leslie<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-134\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-134\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>133<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>. Il a par ailleurs l&rsquo;int\u00e9r\u00eat d&rsquo;avoir \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9dig\u00e9 en concertation avec les derniers descendants des t\u00e9moins et proches ayant connu le peintre. Ce texte sert de base \u00e0 la plupart des biographies ult\u00e9rieures qui s&rsquo;\u00e9chelonnent au cours des ann\u00e9es 1890-1910. Cette p\u00e9riode est marqu\u00e9e par un regain d&rsquo;int\u00e9r\u00eat pour l&rsquo;artiste. Le critique d&rsquo;art\u00a0<a title=\"Gabriel Mourey\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gabriel_Mourey\">Gabriel Mourey<\/a>\u00a0est son premier biographe fran\u00e7ais (1906), en un essai que salua\u00a0<a title=\"Marcel Proust\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marcel_Proust\">Marcel Proust<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-135\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-135\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>134<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dans les ann\u00e9es 1960-1980,\u00a0<a class=\"new\" title=\"Mary Woodall (page inexistante)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Mary_Woodall&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\">Mary Woodall<\/a>\u00a0<a class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mary Woodall\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mary_Woodall\"><span class=\"indicateur-langue\" title=\"Article en anglais\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0Mary Woodall\u00a0\u00bb\">(en)<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(1901-1988) collationne sa correspondance, puis John Trevor Hayes (1929-2005) consacre une partie de sa vie au peintre, organisant entre autres la fameuse r\u00e9trospective de 1980-1981 (Londres, Paris).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a title=\"Stephen Farthing\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stephen_Farthing\">Stephen Farthing<\/a>\u00a0dans son ouvrage\u00a0<i>1001 tableaux qu&rsquo;il faut avoir vus dans sa vie<\/i>\u00a0(2006), retient quatre \u0153uvres de Gainsborough, respectivement\u00a0:\u00a0<i><a title=\"Les \u00c9poux Andrews\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Les_%C3%89poux_Andrews\">Les \u00c9poux Andrews<\/a><\/i>,\u00a0<i>Portrait de John Campbell,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"Quatri\u00e8me\">4<sup>e<\/sup><\/abbr>\u00a0duc d&rsquo;Argyll<\/i>,\u00a0<i><a title=\"L'Enfant bleu (Gainsborough)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/L%27Enfant_bleu_(Gainsborough)\">L&rsquo;Enfant Bleu<\/a><\/i>, et\u00a0<i><a title=\"Madame Richard Brinsley Sheridan\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Madame_Richard_Brinsley_Sheridan\">Madame Richard Brinsley Sheridan<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading2\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h2 id=\"March\u00e9_de_l'art\">March\u00e9 de l&rsquo;art<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Depuis 2000, l&rsquo;essentiel des \u0153uvres disponibles sur le march\u00e9 proviennent du Royaume-Uni. Une nette tendance laisse appara\u00eetre une offre plus importante de paysages que de portraits<sup id=\"cite_ref-136\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-136\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>135<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>. Parmi ces derniers, le record a \u00e9t\u00e9 battu le 5 juillet 2011 avec la vente du\u00a0<i>Portrait of Miss Read, Later Mrs William Villebois<\/i>\u00a0(ann\u00e9es 1770) entr\u00e9 en 1919 dans les collections du\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Weetman Dickinson Pearson\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Weetman_Dickinson_Pearson\"><abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"Premier\">1<sup>er<\/sup><\/abbr>\u00a0vicomte Cowdray<\/a>, patron de\u00a0<a title=\"Pearson (maison d'\u00e9dition)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pearson_(maison_d%27%C3%A9dition)\">Pearson<\/a>\u00a0qui le paya pr\u00e8s de 20\u00a0000\u00a0<a title=\"Livre sterling\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Livre_sterling\">livres sterling<\/a>\u00a0; il est adjug\u00e9 au prix de 6,537 millions de livres, chez\u00a0<a title=\"Christie's\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christie%27s\">Christie&rsquo;s<\/a>\u00a0Londres<sup id=\"cite_ref-137\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-137\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>136<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading2\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h2 id=\"Dans_les_arts_et_la_culture_populaire\">Dans les arts et la culture populaire<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading3\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h3 id=\"Audiovisuel\">Audiovisuel<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Le film\u00a0<i><a title=\"La Duchesse des bas-fonds\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/La_Duchesse_des_bas-fonds\">La Duchesse des bas-fonds<\/a><\/i>\u00a0r\u00e9alis\u00e9 par\u00a0<a title=\"Mitchell Leisen\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mitchell_Leisen\">Mitchell Leisen<\/a>, sorti en 1945, raconte l&rsquo;histoire d&rsquo;une jeune prostitu\u00e9e qui devient le mod\u00e8le de Gainsborough, ce dernier \u00e9tant interpr\u00e9t\u00e9 par\u00a0<a title=\"Cecil Kellaway\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cecil_Kellaway\">Cecil Kellaway<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Comme source d&rsquo;inspiration iconographique pour son film\u00a0<i><a title=\"Barry Lyndon\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barry_Lyndon\">Barry Lyndon<\/a><\/i>\u00a0(1975),\u00a0<a title=\"Stanley Kubrick\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stanley_Kubrick\">Stanley Kubrick<\/a>\u00a0a entre autres puis\u00e9 dans l&rsquo;autoportrait (1758-1759) de Gainsborough pour le personnage du r\u00e9v\u00e9rend Runt, et dans le\u00a0<i>Portrait of Margaret Gainsborough holding a Theorbo<\/i>\u00a0(v. 1777) pour Lady Lyndon \u00e0 la fin de sa vie<sup id=\"cite_ref-138\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-138\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>137<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dans la s\u00e9rie documentaire\u00a0<i>Fake or Fortune?<\/i>\u00a0produite par la\u00a0<a title=\"BBC One\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/BBC_One\">BBC One<\/a>, l&rsquo;\u00e9pisode 1 de la saison 8, \u00ab\u00a0The Lost Gainsborough\u00a0\u00bb, est consacr\u00e9 \u00e0 une toile du ma\u00eetre,\u00a0<i>Wooded landscape with gipsies round a camp fire<\/i>\u00a0(vers 1758), \u00e0 ce jour disparue, et qui est ici contrefaite afin de tromper un acheteur<sup id=\"cite_ref-139\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-139\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>138<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading3\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h3 id=\"Musique\">Musique<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">D&rsquo;apr\u00e8s la base\u00a0<a title=\"Discogs\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Discogs\">Discogs<\/a>, plus de 70 pochettes de disque ont utilis\u00e9 une iconographie emprunt\u00e9e \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u0153uvre de Gainsborough.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a title=\"Serge Gainsbourg\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Serge_Gainsbourg\">Serge Gainsbourg<\/a>\u00a0dans sa chanson\u00a0<i><a title=\"69 ann\u00e9e \u00e9rotique\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/69_ann%C3%A9e_%C3%A9rotique\">69 ann\u00e9e \u00e9rotique<\/a><\/i>\u00a0(1968), introduit le premier couplet par\u00a0:\u00a0<span class=\"citation\">\u00ab\u00a0Gainsbourg et son Gainsborough&#8230;\u00a0\u00bb<\/span>, faisant ici une double allusion, d&rsquo;une part \u00e0 l&rsquo;homophonie avec son pseudonyme choisi en r\u00e9f\u00e9rence au peintre qu&rsquo;il admirait, et d&rsquo;autre part, avec\u00a0<i><a title=\"L'Enfant bleu (Gainsborough)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/L%27Enfant_bleu_(Gainsborough)\">L&rsquo;Enfant bleu<\/a><\/i>\u00a0qu&rsquo;il trouvait ressembler \u00e0\u00a0<a title=\"Jane Birkin\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jane_Birkin\">Jane Birkin<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-140\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-140\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>139<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading3\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h3 id=\"Lieux_de_m\u00e9moire\">Lieux de m\u00e9moire<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">La maison o\u00f9 est n\u00e9 Gainsborough, \u00e0\u00a0<a title=\"Sudbury (Suffolk)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sudbury_(Suffolk)\">Sudbury<\/a>, est rachet\u00e9e en 1958 par la Gainsborough&rsquo;s House Society qui la transforme en 1961 en mus\u00e9e. Le Gainsborough House est un lieu de conservation d&rsquo;\u0153uvres de jeunesse et d&rsquo;archives relatives au peintre et \u00e0 sa famille, qui organise des expositions et des conf\u00e9rences tous les ans<sup id=\"cite_ref-141\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#cite_note-141\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>140<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading2\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h2 id=\"Notes_et_r\u00e9f\u00e9rences\">Notes et r\u00e9f\u00e9rences<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading3\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h3 id=\"Notes\">Notes<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"references-small decimal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<ol class=\"references\" data-mw-group=\"N\">\n<li id=\"cite_note-1\"><span class=\"reference-text\">Jeu de mots intraduisible litt\u00e9ralement\u00a0: John est tout simplement un inventeur compulsif qui semble ne rien concr\u00e9tiser \u2014\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#Boulton1905\">Boulton 1905<\/a>,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"page(s)\">p.<\/abbr>\u00a04.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading3\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h3 id=\"R\u00e9f\u00e9rences\">R\u00e9f\u00e9rences<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"references-small decimal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<ol class=\"references\">\n<li id=\"cite_note-2\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#Fulcher1856\">Fulcher 1856<\/a>,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"page(s)\">p.<\/abbr>\u00a01-5.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-3\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#Boulton1905\">Boulton 1905<\/a>,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"page(s)\">p.<\/abbr>\u00a03.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-4\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><span id=\"Bruand1960\" class=\"ouvrage\"><span id=\"Yves_Bruand1960\" class=\"ouvrage\">Yves Bruand, \u00ab\u00a0<cite>Hubert Gravelot et l&rsquo;Angleterre. L&rsquo;influence de l&rsquo;artiste sur l&rsquo;art anglais et l&rsquo;importance de son s\u00e9jour Outre-Manche dans sa carri\u00e8re.<\/cite>\u00a0\u00bb,\u00a0<i>Gazette des Beaux-Arts<\/i>,\u200e\u00a0<time class=\"nowrap\" datetime=\"1960-01\" data-sort-value=\"1960-01\">janvier 1960<\/time><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-5\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#Boulton1905\">Boulton 1905<\/a>,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"page(s)\">p.<\/abbr>\u00a020-21<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-6\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#Whitley1915\">Whitley 1915<\/a>,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"page(s)\">p.<\/abbr>\u00a06.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-7\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/bim_eighteenth-century_the-heads-of-illustrious_birch-thomas_1743\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i>The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain, engraven by Mr. Houbraken, and Mr. Vertue. With their lives and characters&#8230;<\/i><\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fbim_eighteenth-century_the-heads-of-illustrious_birch-thomas_1743\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>, \u2014 lire sur Archive.org.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-8\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#Whitley1915\">Whitley 1915<\/a>,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"page(s)\">p.<\/abbr>\u00a07.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-9\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/collections.louvre.fr\/ark:\/53355\/cl010063027\" rel=\"nofollow\">Notice \u0153uvre<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcollections.louvre.fr%2Fark%3A%2F53355%2Fcl010063027\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>, catalogue num\u00e9ris\u00e9 du mus\u00e9e du Louvre<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-10\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#Whitley1915\">Whitley 1915<\/a>,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"page(s)\">p.<\/abbr>\u00a08.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-11\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/kirbyandhisworld.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/12\/thomas-fonnereau\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00ab\u00a0Thomas Fonnereau\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fkirbyandhisworld.wordpress.com%2F2013%2F02%2F12%2Fthomas-fonnereau%2F\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>, notice biographique sur\u00a0<i>Kirby and His World<\/i>], 12 f\u00e9vrier 2013.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-12\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr>\u00a0James Hamilton,\u00a0<i>Gainsborough: A Portrait<\/i>, Londres, Hachette UK, 2017,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"page\">p.<\/abbr>\u00a047.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-13\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/artuk.org\/discover\/artworks\/portrait-of-the-painters-two-daughters-30892\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i>Portrait of the Painter&rsquo;s Two Daughters<\/i><\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fartuk.org%2Fdiscover%2Fartworks%2Fportrait-of-the-painters-two-daughters-30892\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>, notice \u0153uvre du catalogue num\u00e9ris\u00e9 de la base Art UK.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-14\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/artuk.org\/discover\/artworks\/tom-pear-tree-12137\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i>Tom Pear Tree\u00a0<\/i><\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fartuk.org%2Fdiscover%2Fartworks%2Ftom-pear-tree-12137\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>, notice \u0153uvre de la base ART UK.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-15\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/courtauld.ac.uk\/gallery\/collection\/18th-century\/thomas-gainsborough-portrait-of-margaret-gainsborough\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i>Portrait of Margaret Gainsborough<\/i><\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcourtauld.ac.uk%2Fgallery%2Fcollection%2F18th-century%2Fthomas-gainsborough-portrait-of-margaret-gainsborough\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>, notice \u0153uvre du catalogue num\u00e9ris\u00e9 du Courtauld Institute.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-16\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#Bouton1905\">Bouton 1905<\/a>,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"page(s)\">p.<\/abbr>\u00a034-35.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-17\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#Withley1915\">Withley 1915<\/a>,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"page(s)\">p.<\/abbr>\u00a09-10.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-18\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npg.org.uk\/beyond\/exhibitions\/partnership\/2023\/hogarths-britons\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00ab\u00a0Hogarth\u2019s Britons: Succession, Patriotism, and the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.npg.org.uk%2Fbeyond%2Fexhibitions%2Fpartnership%2F2023%2Fhogarths-britons\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>, exposition de la National Portrait Gallery, 10 mars &#8211; 4 juin 2023.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-19\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#Digeon1955\">Digeon 1955<\/a>,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"page(s)\">p.<\/abbr>\u00a055.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-20\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tate.org.uk\/art\/artworks\/gainsborough-the-artists-daughter-mary-n05638\" rel=\"nofollow\">Notice Tate Britain<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tate.org.uk%2Fart%2Fartworks%2Fgainsborough-the-artists-daughter-mary-n05638\">archive<\/a>]<\/small><\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-21\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npg.org.uk\/collections\/search\/portrait\/mw03665\/Sarah-Kirby-ne-Bull-John-Joshua-Kirby?LinkID=mp01706&amp;role=art&amp;rNo=0\" rel=\"nofollow\">Couple de Kirby et Sarah Bull<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.npg.org.uk%2Fcollections%2Fsearch%2Fportrait%2Fmw03665%2FSarah-Kirby-ne-Bull-John-Joshua-Kirby%3FLinkID%3Dmp01706%26role%3Dart%26rNo%3D0\">archive<\/a>]<\/small><\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-22\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#Thicknesse1788\">Thicknesse 1788<\/a>,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"page(s)\">p.<\/abbr>\u00a016-17<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-23\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#Whitley1915\">Whitley 1915<\/a>,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"page(s)\">p.<\/abbr>\u00a013-14.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-24\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#Whitley1915\">Whitley 1915<\/a>,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"page(s)\">p.<\/abbr>\u00a020-21<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-25\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr>\u00a0[<a class=\"external free\" href=\"https:\/\/museum.wales\/art\/online\/?action=show_item&amp;item=611\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/museum.wales\/art\/online\/?action=show_item&amp;item=611<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmuseum.wales%2Fart%2Fonline%2F%3Faction%3Dshow_item%26item%3D611\">archive<\/a>]<\/small><\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-26\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/collections.britishart.yale.edu\/vufind\/Record\/1669235\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00ab\u00a0Sir Richard Lloyd (1696-1761)\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcollections.britishart.yale.edu%2Fvufind%2FRecord%2F1669235\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>, notice \u0153uvre, catalogue num\u00e9ris\u00e9 du Museum Wales.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-27\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aucklandartgallery.com\/explore-art-and-ideas\/artwork\/9700\/portrait-of-john-sparrowe-esq\" rel=\"nofollow\">Notice du Mus\u00e9e d&rsquo;Aukland<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aucklandartgallery.com%2Fexplore-art-and-ideas%2Fartwork%2F9700%2Fportrait-of-john-sparrowe-esq\">archive<\/a>]<\/small><\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-28\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/collections.britishart.yale.edu\/vufind\/Record\/1670968\" rel=\"nofollow\">Notice du Yale Center<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcollections.britishart.yale.edu%2Fvufind%2FRecord%2F1670968\">archive<\/a>]<\/small><\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-29\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#Whitley1915\">Whitley 1915<\/a>,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"page(s)\">p.<\/abbr>\u00a022<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-30\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/collection.cincinnatiartmuseum.org\/objects\/83339\/ann-ford-later-mrs-philip-thicknesse;jsessionid=963C01CBEB79DC3D2B5C11CBF0A83178?ctx=03a247e6e33324750f6369f5ba384a97860a9cf0&amp;idx=0\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00ab\u00a0Ann Ford (later Mrs. Philip Thicknesse)\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcollection.cincinnatiartmuseum.org%2Fobjects%2F83339%2Fann-ford-later-mrs-philip-thicknesse%3Bjsessionid%3D963C01CBEB79DC3D2B5C11CBF0A83178%3Fctx%3D03a247e6e33324750f6369f5ba384a97860a9cf0%26idx%3D0\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>, notice \u0153uvre du catalogue num\u00e9ris\u00e9 du Cincinnati Art Museum.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-31\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huntington.org\/blue-boy\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i>The Blue Boy<\/i><\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huntington.org%2Fblue-boy\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>, notice sur The Huntington<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-32\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/artuk.org\/discover\/artworks\/gainsborough-dupont-198827\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00ab\u00a0Gainsborough Dupont\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fartuk.org%2Fdiscover%2Fartworks%2Fgainsborough-dupont-198827\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>, notice \u0153uvre sur la base Art UK.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-33\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#Withley1915\">Withley 1915<\/a>,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"page(s)\">p.<\/abbr>\u00a032-33.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-34\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#Mourey1906\">Mourey 1906<\/a>,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"page(s)\">p.<\/abbr>\u00a043.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-35\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : allemand\">(de)<\/abbr><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sammlung.pinakothek.de\/en\/artwork\/y7GEJbY4PV\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00ab\u00a0Uvedale Tomkyns Price, um 1760\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sammlung.pinakothek.de%2Fen%2Fartwork%2Fy7GEJbY4PV\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>, notice \u0153uvre du catalogue de l&rsquo;Alte Pinakothek, Munich.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-36\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#Withley1915\">Withley 1915<\/a>,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"page(s)\">p.<\/abbr>\u00a037.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-37\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr>\u00a0Walter Shaw Sparrow,\u00a0<a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/britishsportinga00spar\/page\/n39\/mode\/1up\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i>British sporting artists from Barlow to Herring<\/i><\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fbritishsportinga00spar%2Fpage%2Fn39%2Fmode%2F1up\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>, Londres, John Lane, 1922,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"page\">p.<\/abbr>\u00a039 \u2014 sur\u00a0<a title=\"Internet Archive\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Internet_Archive\">Archive.org<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-38\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#Withley1915\">Withley 1915<\/a>,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"page(s)\">p.<\/abbr>\u00a038-39.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-39\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#Mourey1906\">Mourey 1906<\/a>,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"page(s)\">p.<\/abbr>\u00a055.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-40\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bathfordsociety.org.uk\/content\/buildings\/shockerwick_house_main.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00ab\u00a0Shockerwick House\u00bb\u00a0<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bathfordsociety.org.uk%2Fcontent%2Fbuildings%2Fshockerwick_house_main.htm\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>, notice sur\u00a0<i>Bathford Society<\/i>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-41\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#Withley1915\">Withley 1915<\/a>,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"page(s)\">p.<\/abbr>\u00a042.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-42\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr>\u00a0\u00ab\u00a0<i>There Gainsborough shines, much honoured name, \/ There veteran Reynolds, worthy of his fame<\/i>\u00a0\u00bb \u2014 in:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#Withley1915\">Withley 1915<\/a>,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"page(s)\">p.<\/abbr>\u00a046.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-43\"><span class=\"reference-text\">L&rsquo;une de ses derni\u00e8res toiles,\u00a0<i>Musidora<\/i>, est inspir\u00e9e par un po\u00e8me de ce recueil \u2014\u00a0<i>cf.<\/i><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tate.org.uk\/art\/artworks\/gainsborough-musidora-n00308\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i>Musidora<\/i>, 1780-1788, Tate Britain<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tate.org.uk%2Fart%2Fartworks%2Fgainsborough-musidora-n00308\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-44\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#Withley1915\">Withley 1915<\/a>,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"page(s)\">p.<\/abbr>\u00a050<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-45\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/chronicle250.com\/1771\" rel=\"nofollow\">1771 \u00ab\u00a0Richard Wilson Takes a View\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchronicle250.com%2F1771\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>,\u00a0<i>The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition: A Chrnicle, 1769-2018<\/i>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-46\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.racollection.org.uk\/ixbin\/indexplus?_IXACTION_=file&amp;_IXFILE_=templates\/full\/person.html&amp;_IXTRAIL_=Names\" rel=\"nofollow\">A-Z&amp;person=5676 Fiche sur le site de la Royal Academy of Arts<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.racollection.org.uk%2Fixbin%2Findexplus%3F_IXACTION_%3Dfile%26_IXFILE_%3Dtemplates%2Ffull%2Fperson.html%26_IXTRAIL_%3DNames\">archive<\/a>]<\/small><\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-47\"><span class=\"reference-text\">La date de pr\u00e9sentation du\u00a0<i>Blue Boy<\/i>\u00a0au salon de la RRA de 1770 pose un probl\u00e8me \u2014\u00a0<i>cf.<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#Withley1915\">Withley 1915<\/a>,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"page(s)\">p.<\/abbr>\u00a070.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-48\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr>\u00a0Juliet Carey,\u00a0<a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/apollo-magazine.com\/gainsborough-blue-boy-grand-manner-van-dyck\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Dress code \u2013 decrypting Gainsborough\u2019s dazzling boy portraits<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapollo-magazine.com%2Fgainsborough-blue-boy-grand-manner-van-dyck%2F\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>, in:\u00a0<i>Apollo Magazine<\/i>, 22 janvier 2022.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-49\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><i>We hear, \u00ab\u00a0says the Public Advertiser of May 4th, 1772\u00a0\u00bb, that the Gentlemen upon the Committee for managing the Royal Academy have been guilty of a scandalous meanness to a capital artist by secreting a whole length picture of an English Countess for fear their Majesties should see it\u00a0; and this only upon a full conviction that it was the best finished picture sent this year to the exhibition. The same artist has been affronted in this manner several times before, from which they may depend upon his implacable resentment, and will hear from him in a manner that will very much displease them<\/i>, in:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#Withley1915\">Withley 1915<\/a>,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"page(s)\">p.<\/abbr>\u00a095-96.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-50\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#Withley1915\">Withley 1915<\/a>,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"page(s)\">p.<\/abbr>\u00a097<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-51\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#Withley1915\">Withley 1915<\/a>,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"page(s)\">p.<\/abbr>\u00a099-101<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-Tate-52\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tate.org.uk\/art\/artists\/thomas-gainsborough-199\" rel=\"nofollow\">Notice Tate Britain<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tate.org.uk%2Fart%2Fartists%2Fthomas-gainsborough-199\">archive<\/a>]<\/small><\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-53\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#Fulcher1856\">Fulcher 1856<\/a>,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"page(s)\">p.<\/abbr>\u00a0119.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-54\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#Whitley1915\">Whitley 1915<\/a>,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"page(s)\">p.<\/abbr>\u00a0108.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-55\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr>\u00a0George Charles Williamson, \u00ab\u00a0Cosway, Richard\u00a0\u00bb, in:\u00a0<i>Encyclop\u00e6dia Britannica<\/i>, vol. 7, Cambridge University Press, 1911, .\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"page\">p.<\/abbr>\u00a0248.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-56\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#Mourey1906\">Mourey 1906<\/a>,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"page(s)\">p.<\/abbr>\u00a061-62.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-ref_auto_1-57\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#Whitley1915\">Whitley 1915<\/a>,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"page(s)\">p.<\/abbr>\u00a0115.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-58\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#Whitley1915\">Whitley 1915<\/a>,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"page(s)\">p.<\/abbr>\u00a0118.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-59\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#Whitley1915\">Whitley 1915<\/a>,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"page(s)\">p.<\/abbr>\u00a0131-132.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-60\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#Whitley1915\">Whitley 1915<\/a>,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"page(s)\">p.<\/abbr>\u00a0178.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-61\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#Whitley1915\">Whitley 1915<\/a>,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"page(s)\">p.<\/abbr>\u00a0193.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-62\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#Mourey1906\">Mourey 1906<\/a>,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"page(s)\">p.<\/abbr>\u00a063-64.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-63\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rct.uk\/collection\/400206\/the-three-eldest-princesses-charlotte-princess-royal-1766-1828-augusta-1768-1840#\/referer\/232942\/creator\" rel=\"nofollow\">Notice de la Royal Collection<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rct.uk%2Fcollection%2F400206%2Fthe-three-eldest-princesses-charlotte-princess-royal-1766-1828-augusta-1768-1840%23%2Freferer%2F232942%2Fcreator\">archive<\/a>]<\/small><\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-64\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#Mourey1906\">Mourey 1906<\/a>,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"page(s)\">p.<\/abbr>\u00a067.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-65\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#Mourey1906\">Mourey 1906<\/a>,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"page(s)\">p.<\/abbr>\u00a070.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-66\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr>\u00a0Robert R. Wark (nouvelle \u00e9d.),\u00a0<i>Sir Joshua Reynolds: Discourses on Art<\/i>, New Haven et London, Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, 1975,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"page\">p.<\/abbr>\u00a0254.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-67\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#Mourey1906\">Mourey 1906<\/a>,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"page(s)\">p.<\/abbr>\u00a035.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-68\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr>\u00a0Susan Sloman, \u00ab\u00a0Gainsborough\u2019s Blue Boy. Obituary\u00a0\u00bb, in:\u00a0<i>The Burlington Magazine<\/i>,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"num\u00e9ro\">n<sup>o<\/sup><\/abbr>\u00a0155, avril 2013,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"pages\">p.<\/abbr><span class=\"nowrap\">231-237<\/span>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-69\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-format format-pdf\" title=\"Document au format Portable Document Format (PDF)\">[PDF]<\/abbr>\u00a0Neil Jeffares,\u00a0<a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pastellists.com\/articles\/gainsborough.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00ab\u00a0Gainsborough, Thomas\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pastellists.com%2Farticles%2Fgainsborough.pdf\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>,\u00a0<i>Dictionary of pastellists before 1800<\/i>, 3 janvier 2026.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-70\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/artuk.org\/discover\/artworks\/self-portrait-148797\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i>Self Portrait<\/i>\u00a003\/1395<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fartuk.org%2Fdiscover%2Fartworks%2Fself-portrait-148797\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>, catalogue num\u00e9ris\u00e9 de la base Art UK.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-71\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr>\u00a0Emily Spicer,\u00a0<a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.studiointernational.com\/gainsboroughs-family-album-review-national-portrait-gallery\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00ab\u00a0Gainsborough\u2019s Family Album\u00bb\u00a0<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.studiointernational.com%2Fgainsboroughs-family-album-review-national-portrait-gallery\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>, in:\u00a0<i><a title=\"The Studio (magazine)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Studio_(magazine)\">Studio International<\/a><\/i>, 21 novembre 2018.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-Shafe-72\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-format format-pdf\" title=\"Document au format Portable Document Format (PDF)\">[PDF]<\/abbr>\u00a0Laurence Shafe,\u00a0<a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shafe.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/p18-Gainsborough-Family-Album.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00ab\u00a0Gainsborough\u2019s Family Album\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.shafe.co.uk%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fp18-Gainsborough-Family-Album.pdf\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>,\u00a0<i>Art History Reveal<\/i>, janvier-mars 2019,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"page\">p.<\/abbr>\u00a017 et suiv.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-73\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgallery.org.uk\/paintings\/thomas-gainsborough-the-painter-s-daughters-with-a-cat\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00ab\u00a0The Painter&rsquo;s Daughters with a Cat\u00a0\u00bb NG3812<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalgallery.org.uk%2Fpaintings%2Fthomas-gainsborough-the-painter-s-daughters-with-a-cat\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>, notice \u0153uvre r\u00e9pertori\u00e9e sur le catalogue num\u00e9ris\u00e9 de The National Gallery.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-74\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/worcester.emuseum.com\/objects\/31355\/portrait-of-the-artists-daughters\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00ab\u00a0Portrait of the Artist&rsquo;s Daughters 1917.181\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fworcester.emuseum.com%2Fobjects%2F31355%2Fportrait-of-the-artists-daughters\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>, notice du catalogue num\u00e9ris\u00e9 sur Worcester Art Museum.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-75\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgallery.org.uk\/paintings\/thomas-gainsborough-portrait-of-the-artist-s-daughter-mary\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00ab\u00a0Portrait of the Mary Gainsborough (1777)\u00a0\u00bb L1352<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalgallery.org.uk%2Fpaintings%2Fthomas-gainsborough-portrait-of-the-artist-s-daughter-mary\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>, notice \u0153uvre r\u00e9pertori\u00e9e sur le catalogue num\u00e9ris\u00e9 de The National Gallery.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-76\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr>\u00a0Hugh Belsey,\u00a0<a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/gainsborough.org\/product\/thomas-gainsborough-the-portraits-fancy-pictures-and-copies-after-old-masters-by-hugh-belsey\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i>Thomas Gainsborough: The Portraits, Fancy Pictures and Copies after Old Masters<\/i><\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgainsborough.org%2Fproduct%2Fthomas-gainsborough-the-portraits-fancy-pictures-and-copies-after-old-masters-by-hugh-belsey%2F\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>, Yale, The Yale University Press \/ Gainsborough&rsquo;s House, 2019.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-BioNG-77\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgallery.org.uk\/artists\/thomas-gainsborough\" rel=\"nofollow\">Notice biographique de Gainsborough<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalgallery.org.uk%2Fartists%2Fthomas-gainsborough\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>, National Gallery.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-78\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr>\u00a0\u00ab\u00a0Memoir of the late Mr. George Frost, painter\u00a0\u00bb, in:\u00a0<i><a title=\"The Gentleman's Magazine\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Gentleman%27s_Magazine\">The Gentleman&rsquo;s Magazine<\/a><\/i>,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"num\u00e9ro\">n<sup>o<\/sup><\/abbr>\u00a089\u201390, juillet 1821 \u2014\u00a0<a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/books.google.fr\/books?id=9MZnclDVK98C&amp;pg=PA89&amp;redir_esc=y#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false\" rel=\"nofollow\">sur Google Livres<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.fr%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D9MZnclDVK98C%26pg%3DPA89%26redir_esc%3Dy%23v%3Donepage%26q%26f%3Dfalse\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-Vienne-79\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.khm.at\/objektdb\/detail\/775\/?offset=0&amp;lv=list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Paysage du Suffolk, Vienne<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.khm.at%2Fobjektdb%2Fdetail%2F775%2F%3Foffset%3D0%26lv%3Dlist\">archive<\/a>]<\/small><\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-80\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tate.org.uk\/art\/artworks\/gainsborough-sunset-carthorses-drinking-at-a-stream-n00310\" rel=\"nofollow\">Notice de la Tate Britain<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tate.org.uk%2Fart%2Fartworks%2Fgainsborough-sunset-carthorses-drinking-at-a-stream-n00310\">archive<\/a>]<\/small><\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-81\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nga.gov\/artworks\/52265-seashore-fishermen\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00ab\u00a0Seashore with Fishermen (1781-1782)\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nga.gov%2Fartworks%2F52265-seashore-fishermen\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>, notice \u0153uvre du catalogue num\u00e9ris\u00e9 de la NGA, Londres.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-82\"><span class=\"reference-text\">Mary Woodall (1961),\u00a0<i>The Letters Of Thomas Gainsborough<\/i>,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"page\">p.<\/abbr>\u00a0115,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"num\u00e9ro\">n<sup>o<\/sup><\/abbr>\u00a056.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-83\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#Mourey1906\">Mourey 1906<\/a>,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"page(s)\">p.<\/abbr>\u00a052.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-84\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/collections.frick.org\/view\/objects\/asitem\/items$0040:186\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i>The Mall in St. James&rsquo;s Park<\/i><\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcollections.frick.org%2Fview%2Fobjects%2Fasitem%2Fitems%240040%3A186\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>, notice \u0153uvre 1916.1.62, catalogue num\u00e9ris\u00e9 de The Frick Collection.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-85\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/collections.britishart.yale.edu\/vufind\/Record\/1665807\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00ab\u00a0Notice \u0153uvre B1973.1.17\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcollections.britishart.yale.edu%2Fvufind%2FRecord%2F1665807\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>, catalogue num\u00e9ris\u00e9 du Yale Center for British Art, New Haven.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-86\"><span class=\"reference-text\">Alexis Merle du Bourg,\u00a0<a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/actu-culture.com\/expositions\/reynolds-et-gainsborough-une-revolution-du-portrait-racontee-au-musee-du-luxembourg\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00ab\u00a0Reynolds et Gainsborough\u00a0: une r\u00e9volution du portrait racont\u00e9e au mus\u00e9e du Luxembourg\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Factu-culture.com%2Fexpositions%2Freynolds-et-gainsborough-une-revolution-du-portrait-racontee-au-musee-du-luxembourg%2F\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>,\u00a0<i>Actu-culture<\/i>, 8 septembre 2019.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-87\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nmni.com\/collections\/art\/paintings\/belumu5067\" rel=\"nofollow\">Notice du National Museum d&rsquo;Irlande<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nmni.com%2Fcollections%2Fart%2Fpaintings%2Fbelumu5067\">archive<\/a>]<\/small><\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-88\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#Mourey1906\">Mourey 1906<\/a>,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"page(s)\">p.<\/abbr>\u00a0111.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-89\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgallery.org.uk\/paintings\/thomas-gainsborough-mr-and-mrs-andrews\" rel=\"nofollow\">M. &amp; Mrs Andrews, Londres<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalgallery.org.uk%2Fpaintings%2Fthomas-gainsborough-mr-and-mrs-andrews\">archive<\/a>]<\/small><\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-90\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgallery.org.uk\/artists\/thomas-gainsborough\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00ab\u00a0Thomas Gainsborough &#8211; Slavery connections\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalgallery.org.uk%2Fartists%2Fthomas-gainsborough\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>, notice de la National Gallery, Londres.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-91\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/artuk.org\/discover\/artworks\/mrs-mary-robinson-perdita-209444\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00ab\u00a0Mrs Mary Robinson (Perdita)\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fartuk.org%2Fdiscover%2Fartworks%2Fmrs-mary-robinson-perdita-209444\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>, notice de l&rsquo;\u0153uvre, base Art UK.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-92\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr>\u00a0David Cressy,\u00a0<i>Gypsies: An English History<\/i>, Oxford, The Oxford University Press, 2018,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"page\">p.<\/abbr>\u00a0210.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-93\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tate.org.uk\/art\/art-terms\/f\/fancy-picture\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00ab\u00a0Fancy picture\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tate.org.uk%2Fart%2Fart-terms%2Ff%2Ffancy-picture\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>, article sur le site de la Tate Britain.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-94\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><span id=\"Armstrong1989\" class=\"ouvrage\"><span id=\"Matthew_Armstrong1989\" class=\"ouvrage\">Matthew\u00a0<span class=\"nom_auteur\">Armstrong<\/span>,\u00a0<cite class=\"italique\">L\u2019Europe de 1750 \u00e0 1870\u00a0: par les conservateurs du Metropolitan Museum of Art<\/cite>,\u00a0<a title=\"\u00c9ditions Gr\u00fcnd\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C3%89ditions_Gr%C3%BCnd\">Gr\u00fcnd<\/a>,\u00a0<time>1989<\/time>, 159\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"pages\">p.<\/abbr><small>(<a title=\"International Standard Book Number\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Standard_Book_Number\">ISBN<\/a><a title=\"Sp\u00e9cial:Ouvrages de r\u00e9f\u00e9rence\/2-7000-2058-8\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sp%C3%A9cial:Ouvrages_de_r%C3%A9f%C3%A9rence\/2-7000-2058-8\"><span class=\"nowrap\">2-7000-2058-8<\/span><\/a>)<\/small>,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"page\">p.<\/abbr>\u00a094<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-95\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr>\u00a0Ann Bermingham (\u00e9d.)<i>, Sensation &amp; Sensibility: Viewing Gainsborough&rsquo;s Cottage Door<\/i>, Yale Center for British Art, 2005,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"pages\">p.<\/abbr><span class=\"nowrap\">52-54<\/span>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-96\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><span class=\"ouvrage\">\u00ab\u00a0<a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.larousse.fr\/encyclopedie\/peinture\/peintre-graveur\/153779\" rel=\"nofollow\"><cite>peintre-graveur<\/cite><\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.larousse.fr%2Fencyclopedie%2Fpeinture%2Fpeintre-graveur%2F153779\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>\u00a0\u00bb, sur\u00a0<span class=\"italique\">Encyclop\u00e9die Larousse<\/span><small>(consult\u00e9 le\u00a0<time class=\"nowrap\" datetime=\"2026-02-05\" data-sort-value=\"2026-02-05\">5 f\u00e9vrier 2026<\/time>)<\/small><\/span>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-97\"><span class=\"reference-text\">On peut lire \u00e0 peine une mention en lien avec\u00a0<a title=\"Valentine Green\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Valentine_Green\">Valentine Green<\/a>\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<i>cf.<\/i>\u00a0Beraldi &amp; Portalis,\u00a0<i>Les Graveurs du dix-huiti\u00e8me si\u00e8cle<\/i>, tome II,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"page\">p.<\/abbr>\u00a0357.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-98\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/gainsborough.org\/paintings-drawings-prints\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00ab\u00a0Paintings, drawings &amp; prints\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgainsborough.org%2Fpaintings-drawings-prints%2F\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>, The Gainsborough&rsquo;s House.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-99\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><small>(<a title=\"Biblioth\u00e8que nationale de France\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Biblioth%C3%A8que_nationale_de_France\">BNF<\/a><span class=\"plainlinks noarchive nowrap\"><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/catalogue.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/cb12340541r.public\" rel=\"nofollow\">12340541<\/a><\/span>)<\/small>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-100\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk\/archives-and-library\/archive-collections\/john-trevor-hayes\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00ab\u00a0John Trevor Hayes\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk%2Farchives-and-library%2Farchive-collections%2Fjohn-trevor-hayes\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>, Archive Collections &#8211; Paul Mellon Center.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-101\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr>\u00a0Henry Percy Horne,\u00a0<i>An Illustrated Catalogue of Engraved Portraits and Fancy Subjects painted by Thomas Gainsborough, RA, Published between 1760 and 1820<\/i>&#8230;\u00a0<i>with the Variations of the State of the Plates<\/i>, Londre, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1891 \u2014\u00a0<a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/books.google.fr\/books?id=Lx4tAAAAYAAJ\" rel=\"nofollow\">sur Google Livres<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.fr%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DLx4tAAAAYAAJ\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-102\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr>\u00a0Walter Thornbury (1862), \u00ab\u00a0Turner&rsquo;s friends and contemporaries\u00a0\u00bb, in:\u00a0<i>The Life of J. M. W. Turner: Founded on Letters and Papers Furnished by His Friends and Fellow Academicians<\/i>, \u00ab\u00a0Cambridge Library Collection\u00a0\u00bb, Cambridge University Press, vol. 2, 2013 [reprint],\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"pages\">p.<\/abbr><span class=\"nowrap\">59-60<\/span>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-103\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britishmuseum.org\/collection\/object\/P_1902-1011-5063\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00ab\u00a0His Royal Highness George Prince of Wales\u00a0\u00bb, 1782-1789<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.britishmuseum.org%2Fcollection%2Fobject%2FP_1902-1011-5063\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>, notice \u0153uvre du British Museum.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-104\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmobooks.co.uk\/pages\/books\/281192\/illustrated-saturday-magazine-the-world-as-explained-the-victorians\/thomas-gainsborough-and-his-works-part-1-brunelleschi-and-the-cathedral-of-s-maria-del-fiore-at\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00ab\u00a0Thomas Gainsborough and His Works\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cosmobooks.co.uk%2Fpages%2Fbooks%2F281192%2Fillustrated-saturday-magazine-the-world-as-explained-the-victorians%2Fthomas-gainsborough-and-his-works-part-1-brunelleschi-and-the-cathedral-of-s-maria-del-fiore-at\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>, sur\u00a0<i>Cosmo Books<\/i>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-105\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/collections.britishart.yale.edu\/catalog\/tms:60928\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00ab\u00a0A Moonlit Landscape with Cattle by a Pool\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcollections.britishart.yale.edu%2Fcatalog%2Ftms%3A60928\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>, notice \u0153uvre du catalogue du YCFBA.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-106\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/art\/collection\/search\/382177\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00ab\u00a0Wooded Landscape with Country Cart\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.metmuseum.org%2Fart%2Fcollection%2Fsearch%2F382177\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>, notice \u0153uvre du Metropolitan Museum of Art.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-107\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britishmuseum.org\/collection\/object\/P_1866-1114-310\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00ab\u00a0Wooded landscape with gipsies round a camp fire\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.britishmuseum.org%2Fcollection%2Fobject%2FP_1866-1114-310\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>, notice \u0153uvre sur le catalogue num\u00e9ris\u00e9 du British Museum.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-108\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/art\/collection\/search\/338658\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00ab\u00a0Girl and Pigs\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.metmuseum.org%2Fart%2Fcollection%2Fsearch%2F338658\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>, notice \u0153uvre du Metropolitan Museum of Art.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-109\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/art\/collection\/search\/407318\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00ab\u00a0Open Landscape with Three Horsemen in the Middle Distance Heading to the Right, Windblown Trees at Left\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.metmuseum.org%2Fart%2Fcollection%2Fsearch%2F407318\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>, notice \u0153uvre du Metropolitan Museum of Art.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-110\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/cimuseums.org.uk\/project\/thomas-gainsborough\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i>Thomas Wollaston<\/i>\u00a01759, Ipswich<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcimuseums.org.uk%2Fproject%2Fthomas-gainsborough%2F\">archive<\/a>]<\/small><\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-111\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/courtauld.ac.uk\/gallery\/collection\/18th-century\/thomas-gainsborough-portrait-of-margaret-gainsborough\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i>Mrs Gainsborough<\/i>, 1778, Courtauld<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcourtauld.ac.uk%2Fgallery%2Fcollection%2F18th-century%2Fthomas-gainsborough-portrait-of-margaret-gainsborough\">archive<\/a>]<\/small><\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-112\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk\/explore-the-collection\/301-350\/elizabeth-and-mary-linley\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i>Les S\u0153urs Linley<\/i>, Dulwich Picture Gallery<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk%2Fexplore-the-collection%2F301-350%2Felizabeth-and-mary-linley%2F\">archive<\/a>]<\/small><\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-113\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.english-heritage.org.uk\/visit\/places\/kenwood\/history-stories-kenwood\/history\/collections\/#masonry-item-1\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i>Lady Howe<\/i>, Kenwood house<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.english-heritage.org.uk%2Fvisit%2Fplaces%2Fkenwood%2Fhistory-stories-kenwood%2Fhistory%2Fcollections%2F%23masonry-item-1\">archive<\/a>]<\/small><\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-114\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgallery.org.uk\/paintings\/thomas-gainsborough-the-painters-daughters-chasing-a-butterfly\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i>Filles du peintre<\/i>, Londres<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalgallery.org.uk%2Fpaintings%2Fthomas-gainsborough-the-painters-daughters-chasing-a-butterfly\">archive<\/a>]<\/small><\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-115\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tate.org.uk\/art\/artworks\/gainsborough-the-artists-daughter-mary-n05638\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i>Mary, fille du peintre<\/i>, 1777, Tate<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tate.org.uk%2Fart%2Fartworks%2Fgainsborough-the-artists-daughter-mary-n05638\">archive<\/a>]<\/small><\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-116\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/wallacelive.wallacecollection.org\/eMP\/eMuseumPlus?service=direct\/1\/ResultListView\/result.t1.collection_list.$TspTitleImageLink.link&amp;sp=10&amp;sp=Scollection&amp;sp=SfieldValue&amp;sp=0&amp;sp=0&amp;sp=2&amp;sp=SdetailList&amp;sp=0&amp;sp=Sdetail&amp;sp=0&amp;sp=F&amp;sp=T&amp;sp=1\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i>Mrs Mary Robinson en Perdita<\/i>, 1781, Wallace Coll.<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwallacelive.wallacecollection.org%2FeMP%2FeMuseumPlus%3Fservice%3Ddirect%2F1%2FResultListView%2Fresult.t1.collection_list.%24TspTitleImageLink.link%26sp%3D10%26sp%3DScollection%26sp%3DSfieldValue%26sp%3D0%26sp%3D0%26sp%3D2%26sp%3DSdetailList%26sp%3D0%26sp%3DSdetail%26sp%3D0%26sp%3DF%26sp%3DT%26sp%3D1\">archive<\/a>]<\/small><\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-117\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/emuseum.huntington.org\/objects\/244\/the-blue-boy?ctx=49523912-2ae7-495c-9d29-01cef00a6de4&amp;idx=4\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i>L&rsquo;Enfant bleu<\/i>, San Marino, Huntington Museum<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Femuseum.huntington.org%2Fobjects%2F244%2Fthe-blue-boy%3Fctx%3D49523912-2ae7-495c-9d29-01cef00a6de4%26idx%3D4\">archive<\/a>]<\/small><\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-118\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarkart.edu\/Collection\/1322\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i>Elizabeth and Thomas Linley<\/i>, vers 1768, Clark Inst.<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.clarkart.edu%2FCollection%2F1322\">archive<\/a>]<\/small><\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-119\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/collections.frick.org\/objects\/184\/sarah-lady-innes?ctx=d4f33f7b-f6cd-4642-a084-b8a14f243b8a&amp;idx=3\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i>Lady Innes<\/i>, Frick<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcollections.frick.org%2Fobjects%2F184%2Fsarah-lady-innes%3Fctx%3Dd4f33f7b-f6cd-4642-a084-b8a14f243b8a%26idx%3D3\">archive<\/a>]<\/small><\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-120\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/collections.frick.org\/objects\/185\/the-hon-frances-duncombe?ctx=d4f33f7b-f6cd-4642-a084-b8a14f243b8a&amp;idx=6\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i>Frances Duncombe<\/i>, 1777, Frick<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcollections.frick.org%2Fobjects%2F185%2Fthe-hon-frances-duncombe%3Fctx%3Dd4f33f7b-f6cd-4642-a084-b8a14f243b8a%26idx%3D6\">archive<\/a>]<\/small><\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-121\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/collections.frick.org\/objects\/183\/mrs-peter-william-baker?ctx=d4f33f7b-f6cd-4642-a084-b8a14f243b8a&amp;idx=9\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i>Mrs Baker<\/i>, 1781,Frick<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcollections.frick.org%2Fobjects%2F183%2Fmrs-peter-william-baker%3Fctx%3Dd4f33f7b-f6cd-4642-a084-b8a14f243b8a%26idx%3D9\">archive<\/a>]<\/small><\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-122\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.getty.edu\/art\/collection\/objects\/552\/thomas-gainsborough-portrait-of-james-christie-1730-1803-english-1778\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i>Portrait de James Christie<\/i>, 1778, Getty<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.getty.edu%2Fart%2Fcollection%2Fobjects%2F552%2Fthomas-gainsborough-portrait-of-james-christie-1730-1803-english-1778%2F\">archive<\/a>]<\/small><\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-123\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/fr\/art\/collection\/search\/436435\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i>Mrs Grace Dalrymple Elliott<\/i>, 1778, Metropolitan<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.metmuseum.org%2Ffr%2Fart%2Fcollection%2Fsearch%2F436435\">archive<\/a>]<\/small><\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-124\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.philamuseum.org\/collections\/permanent\/102921.html?mulR=1982478426%7C8\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i>King&rsquo;s Bromley<\/i>, 1768, Philadelphie Art Museum<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philamuseum.org%2Fcollections%2Fpermanent%2F102921.html%3FmulR%3D1982478426%257C8\">archive<\/a>]<\/small><\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-125\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/cartelfr.louvre.fr\/cartelfr\/visite?srv=car_not_frame&amp;idNotice=19103\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i>Lady Aston<\/i>, 1765, Louvre<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcartelfr.louvre.fr%2Fcartelfr%2Fvisite%3Fsrv%3Dcar_not_frame%26idNotice%3D19103\">archive<\/a>]<\/small><\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-126\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hermitagemuseum.org\/wps\/portal\/hermitage\/digital-collection\/01.+Paintings\/38759\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i>La Femme en bleu<\/i>, mus\u00e9e de l&rsquo;Ermitage<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hermitagemuseum.org%2Fwps%2Fportal%2Fhermitage%2Fdigital-collection%2F01.%2BPaintings%2F38759%2F\">archive<\/a>]<\/small><\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-127\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/exhibitionofwork00gros\/page\/n5\/mode\/2up\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i>Exhibition of the works of Thomas Gainsborough<\/i><\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fexhibitionofwork00gros%2Fpage%2Fn5%2Fmode%2F2up\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>, Londres, The Grosvenor Gallery, 1885 \u2014 sur Archive.org.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-128\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rct.uk\/collection\/1126639\/gainsborough-exhibition-in-aid-of-the-royal-northern-hospital-at-45-park-lane\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00ab\u00a0Gainsborough\u00a0: exhibition in aid of the Royal Northern Hospital at 45 Park Lane, London, 1936. With: Gainsborough\u00a0: loan exhibition\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rct.uk%2Fcollection%2F1126639%2Fgainsborough-exhibition-in-aid-of-the-royal-northern-hospital-at-45-park-lane\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>, notice RCIN 1126639, Royal Collection Trust.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-129\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tate.org.uk\/whats-on\/tate-britain\/thomas-gainsborough\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00ab\u00a0Thomas Gainsborough 1727-1788: an exhibition of paintings arranged by The Arts Council of Great Britain and The Tate Gallery, 27 mai &#8211; 4 ao\u00fbt 1953\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tate.org.uk%2Fwhats-on%2Ftate-britain%2Fthomas-gainsborough\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>, notice sur le site de la Tate Britain.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-130\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr>\u00a0John Hayes,\u00a0<a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/thomasgainsborou00haye\/page\/n3\/mode\/2up\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i>Thomas Gainsborough<\/i><\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fthomasgainsborou00haye%2Fpage%2Fn3%2Fmode%2F2up\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>, Londres, Tate Gallery, 1980 \u2014 sur Archive.org.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-131\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-format format-pdf\" title=\"Document au format Portable Document Format (PDF)\">[PDF]<\/abbr><a title=\"Georges Charensol\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Georges_Charensol\">Georges Charensol<\/a>,\u00a0<a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.revuedesdeuxmondes.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/7a7615a538933543110f8ecd2b873ca7.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00ab\u00a0Gainsborough au Grand Palais\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.revuedesdeuxmondes.fr%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F11%2F7a7615a538933543110f8ecd2b873ca7.pdf\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>, in:\u00a0<i>Revues des Deux Mondes<\/i>, printemps 1981,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"pages\">p.<\/abbr><span class=\"nowrap\">179-185<\/span>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-132\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tate.org.uk\/art\/artworks\/zoffany-thomas-gainsborough-n01487\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00ab\u00a0Portrait of Thomas Gainsborough\u00bb<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tate.org.uk%2Fart%2Fartworks%2Fzoffany-thomas-gainsborough-n01487\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>, notice du catalogue de la Tate Britain.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-133\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr>\u00a0\u00ab\u00a0Introduction\u00a0\u00bb, in: Anthony Mould (\u00e9d.),\u00a0<i>Lives of Gainsborough<\/i>, Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum, 2021,\u00a0<small>(<a title=\"International Standard Book Number\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Standard_Book_Number\">ISBN<\/a><a title=\"Sp\u00e9cial:Ouvrages de r\u00e9f\u00e9rence\/978-1606066645\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sp%C3%A9cial:Ouvrages_de_r%C3%A9f%C3%A9rence\/978-1606066645\"><span class=\"nowrap\">978-1606066645<\/span><\/a>)<\/small>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-134\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gainsborough#Mourey1906\">Mourey 1906<\/a>,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"page(s)\">p.<\/abbr>\u00a015.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-135\"><span class=\"reference-text\">Marcel Proust, compte-rendu de\u00a0<i>Gainsborough<\/i>\u00a0par G. Mourey, in:\u00a0<i>La Chronique des arts et de la curiosit\u00e9<\/i>, 9 mars 1906.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-136\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.artprice.com\/artiste\/10623\/thomas-gainsborough\/indice\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00ab\u00a0Indice des ventes 2000-2025\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffr.artprice.com%2Fartiste%2F10623%2Fthomas-gainsborough%2Findice\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>, base\u00a0<i>Artprice<\/i>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-137\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christies.com\/lot\/lot-5460654\/?intObjectID=5460654\" rel=\"nofollow\">Notice lot<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.christies.com%2Flot%2Flot-5460654%2F%3FintObjectID%3D5460654\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>,\u00a0<i>Christie&rsquo;s<\/i>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-138\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr>\u00a0Arjun Sajip,\u00a0<a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/apollo-magazine.com\/barry-lyndon-kubrick-18th-century-painting-conversation-piece-landscapes\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00ab\u00a0Rogues&rsquo;s Gallery: The Art of Barry Lyndon\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapollo-magazine.com%2Fbarry-lyndon-kubrick-18th-century-painting-conversation-piece-landscapes%2F\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>, in:\u00a0<i>Apollo Magazine<\/i>, 24 juillet 2025.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-139\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/m00071xj\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00ab\u00a0The Lost Gainsborough<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fprogrammes%2Fm00071xj\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>\u00a0\u00bb, site de la BBC One.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-140\"><span class=\"reference-text\">Mary Testa,\u00a0<a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elle.fr\/Loisirs\/Musique\/News\/Histoire-de-culte-l-album-Serge-Gainsbourg-Jane-Birkin-ou-la-naissance-d-un-couple-mythique-3889356\" rel=\"nofollow\">Histoire de culte\u00a0: l\u2019album \u00ab\u00a0Serge Gainsbourg &#8211; Jane Birkin\u00a0\u00bb ou la naissance d\u2019un couple mythique\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.elle.fr%2FLoisirs%2FMusique%2FNews%2FHistoire-de-culte-l-album-Serge-Gainsbourg-Jane-Birkin-ou-la-naissance-d-un-couple-mythique-3889356\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>,\u00a0<i>Elle<\/i>, \u00e9t\u00e9 2022.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"cite_note-141\"><span class=\"reference-text\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/gainsborough.org\/about\/about-gainsboroughs-house\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00c0 propos de Gainborough House<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgainsborough.org%2Fabout%2Fabout-gainsboroughs-house%2F\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>, site officiel.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading2\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h2 id=\"Annexes\">Annexes<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading3\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h3 id=\"Bibliographie\">Bibliographie<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading4\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h4 id=\"Correspondances_et_\u00e9crits\">Correspondances et \u00e9crits<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span id=\"Woodall1963\" class=\"ouvrage\"><span id=\"Mary_Woodall1963\" class=\"ouvrage\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr>\u00a0Mary Woodall,\u00a0<cite class=\"italique\" lang=\"en\">The Letters of Thomas Gainborough<\/cite>, Ipswich, Cupid Press,\u00a0<time>1963<\/time>, 184\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"pages\">p.<\/abbr><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"Haynes1963\" class=\"ouvrage\"><span id=\"John_Haynes1963\" class=\"ouvrage\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr>\u00a0John Haynes,\u00a0<cite class=\"italique\" lang=\"en\">The Letters of Thomas Gainsborough<\/cite>, Yale, The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art \/ The Yale University Press,\u00a0<time>1963<\/time>, 209\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"pages\">p.<\/abbr><small>(<a title=\"International Standard Book Number\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Standard_Book_Number\">ISBN<\/a><a title=\"Sp\u00e9cial:Ouvrages de r\u00e9f\u00e9rence\/9780300087321\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sp%C3%A9cial:Ouvrages_de_r%C3%A9f%C3%A9rence\/9780300087321\"><span class=\"nowrap\">9780300087321<\/span><\/a>)<\/small><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading4\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h4 id=\"Monographies\">Monographies<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><small><i>Par ordre chronologique<\/i>\u00a0:<\/small><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span id=\"Thicknesse1788\" class=\"ouvrage\"><span id=\"Philip_Thicknesse1788\" class=\"ouvrage\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr><a title=\"Philip Thicknesse\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philip_Thicknesse\">Philip Thicknesse<\/a>,\u00a0<cite class=\"italique\" lang=\"en\">A sketch of the life and paintings of Thomas Gainsborough, Esq.<\/cite>, Londres, Fores,\u00a0<time>1788<\/time>, 62\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"pages\">p.<\/abbr><small>(<a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/bim_eighteenth-century_a-sketch-of-the-life-and_thicknesse-philip_1788\" rel=\"nofollow\">sur Archive.org<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fbim_eighteenth-century_a-sketch-of-the-life-and_thicknesse-philip_1788\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>)<\/small><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"William_Fulcher1856\" class=\"ouvrage\"><span id=\"George_William_Fulcher1856\" class=\"ouvrage\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr>\u00a0George William Fulcher,\u00a0<cite class=\"italique\" lang=\"en\">Life of Thomas Gainsborough, R.A.<\/cite>, Londres,\u00a0<a title=\"Longman (\u00e9diteur)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Longman_(%C3%A9diteur)\">Longman<\/a>,\u00a0<time>1856<\/time>, 269\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"pages\">p.<\/abbr><small>(<a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/lifethomasgains00fulcgoog\/page\/n9\/mode\/2up\" rel=\"nofollow\">sur Archive.org<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Flifethomasgains00fulcgoog%2Fpage%2Fn9%2Fmode%2F2up\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>)<\/small><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"Armstrong1894\" class=\"ouvrage\"><span id=\"Walter_Armstrong1894\" class=\"ouvrage\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr>\u00a0Walter Armstrong,\u00a0<cite class=\"italique\" lang=\"en\">Thomas Gainsborough<\/cite>, Londres, Seeley &amp; Co.,\u00a0<time>1894<\/time>, 108\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"pages\">p.<\/abbr><small>(<a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/gri_33125003637010\/page\/n7\/mode\/2up\" rel=\"nofollow\">sur Archive.org<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fgri_33125003637010%2Fpage%2Fn7%2Fmode%2F2up\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>)<\/small><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"Bell1897\" class=\"ouvrage\"><span id=\"Nancy_Bell1897\" class=\"ouvrage\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr>\u00a0Nancy Bell,\u00a0<cite class=\"italique\" lang=\"en\">Thomas Gainsborough: a Record of His Life and Works<\/cite>, Londres, George Bell &amp; Sons,\u00a0<time>1897<\/time>, 152\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"pages\">p.<\/abbr><small>(<a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/books.google.fr\/books?id=f5LwlP3K8YQC&amp;hl=fr&amp;pg=PR5#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false\" rel=\"nofollow\">sur Google Livres<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.fr%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Df5LwlP3K8YQC%26hl%3Dfr%26pg%3DPR5%23v%3Donepage%26q%26f%3Dfalse\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>)<\/small><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"Pauli1904\" class=\"ouvrage\"><span id=\"Gustav_Pauli1904\" class=\"ouvrage\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : allemand\">(de)<\/abbr><a title=\"Gustav Pauli\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gustav_Pauli\">Gustav Pauli<\/a>,\u00a0<cite class=\"italique\" lang=\"de\">Gainsborough, K\u00fcnstlermonographie<\/cite>, Leipzig, Verlag von Velhagen &amp; Klasing, Bielefeld,\u00a0<time>1904<\/time>, 108\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"pages\">p.<\/abbr><small>(<a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.hathitrust.org\/Record\/001659498\" rel=\"nofollow\">sur Hathi Trust<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcatalog.hathitrust.org%2FRecord%2F001659498\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>)<\/small><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"Boulton1905\" class=\"ouvrage\"><span id=\"William_B._Boulton1905\" class=\"ouvrage\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr>\u00a0William B. Boulton,\u00a0<cite class=\"italique\" lang=\"en\">Thomas Gainsborough: his life, work, friends, and sitters<\/cite>, Londres, Methuen &amp; Co.,\u00a0<time>1905<\/time>, 476\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"pages\">p.<\/abbr><small>(<a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/thomasgainsborou00boul_0\/page\/n7\/mode\/2up\" rel=\"nofollow\">sur Archive.org<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fthomasgainsborou00boul_0%2Fpage%2Fn7%2Fmode%2F2up\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>)<\/small><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"Mourey1906\" class=\"ouvrage\"><span id=\"Gabriel_Mourey1906\" class=\"ouvrage\"><a title=\"Gabriel Mourey\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gabriel_Mourey\">Gabriel Mourey<\/a>,\u00a0<cite class=\"italique\">Gainsborough. Biographie critique<\/cite>, Paris, Librairie Renouard &#8211; Henri Laurens, \u00e9diteur,\u00a0<time>1906<\/time>, 136\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"pages\">p.<\/abbr><small>(<a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/gainsboroughbiog00mouruoft\/page\/n5\/mode\/2up?ref=ol\" rel=\"nofollow\">sur Archive.org<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fgainsboroughbiog00mouruoft%2Fpage%2Fn5%2Fmode%2F2up%3Fref%3Dol\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>)<\/small><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"Bensley_Chamberlain1906\" class=\"ouvrage\"><span id=\"Arthur_Bensley_Chamberlain1906\" class=\"ouvrage\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr>\u00a0Arthur Bensley Chamberlain,\u00a0<cite class=\"italique\" lang=\"en\">Thomas Gainsborough<\/cite>, Londres &amp; New York, Duckworth &amp; Co. \/ E. P. Dutton &amp; Co.,\u00a0<time>1906<\/time>, 248\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"pages\">p.<\/abbr><small>(<a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/thomasgainsborou00cham\/page\/n7\/mode\/2up\" rel=\"nofollow\">sur Archive.org<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fthomasgainsborou00cham%2Fpage%2Fn7%2Fmode%2F2up\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>)<\/small><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"Whitley1915\" class=\"ouvrage\"><span id=\"William_T._Whitley1915\" class=\"ouvrage\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr>\u00a0William T. Whitley,\u00a0<cite class=\"italique\" lang=\"en\">Thomas Gainsborough<\/cite>, Londres &amp; New York, Smith, Elder &amp; Co. \/ Charles Scribner,\u00a0<time>1915<\/time>, 494\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"pages\">p.<\/abbr><small>(<a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/thomasgainsborou00whitrich\/page\/n7\/mode\/2up\" rel=\"nofollow\">sur Archive.org<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fthomasgainsborou00whitrich%2Fpage%2Fn7%2Fmode%2F2up\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>)<\/small><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"Hayes_[introd.]1981\" class=\"ouvrage\"><span id=\"John_Hayes_[introd.]1981\" class=\"ouvrage\">John Hayes [introd.],\u00a0<cite class=\"italique\">Gainsborough. 1727-1788. Catalogue de l&rsquo;exposition du Grand Palais, 6 f\u00e9vrier-27 avril 1981<\/cite>, Paris, R\u00e9union des mus\u00e9es nationaux,\u00a0<time>1981<\/time>, 215\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"pages\">p.<\/abbr><small>(<a title=\"International Standard Book Number\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Standard_Book_Number\">ISBN<\/a><a title=\"Sp\u00e9cial:Ouvrages de r\u00e9f\u00e9rence\/9782711801756\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sp%C3%A9cial:Ouvrages_de_r%C3%A9f%C3%A9rence\/9782711801756\"><span class=\"nowrap\">9782711801756<\/span><\/a>)<\/small><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading4\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h4 id=\"Articles_et_ouvrages_g\u00e9n\u00e9raux\">Articles et ouvrages g\u00e9n\u00e9raux<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>William Cosmo Monkhouse,\u00a0<a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikisource.org\/wiki\/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900\/Gainsborough,_Thomas\">\u00ab\u00a0Gainsborough, Thomas\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikisource.org%2Fwiki%2FDictionary_of_National_Biography%2C_1885-1900%2FGainsborough%2C_Thomas\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>, in:\u00a0<i><a title=\"Dictionary of National Biography\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dictionary_of_National_Biography\">Dictionary of National Biography<\/a><\/i>, vol. 20, Londres, Smith, Elder, &amp; Co., [1901].<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"noviewer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mw-file-element\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/4\/4c\/Wikisource-logo.svg\/20px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/4\/4c\/Wikisource-logo.svg\/40px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 2x\" alt=\"\" width=\"12\" height=\"13\" data-file-width=\"410\" data-file-height=\"430\" \/><\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"EB1911\" class=\"ouvrage\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr><cite lang=\"en\">\u00ab\u00a0Thomas Gainsborough\u00a0\u00bb<\/cite>, dans\u00a0<cite class=\"italique\" lang=\"en\"><a title=\"Encyclop\u00e6dia Britannica\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica\">Encyclop\u00e6dia Britannica<\/a><small class=\"noprint\">[<a title=\"R\u00e9f\u00e9rence:Encyclop\u00e6dia Britannica 1911\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/R%C3%A9f%C3%A9rence:Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_1911\">d\u00e9tail de l\u2019\u00e9dition<\/a>]<\/small><\/cite>,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"volume\">vol.<\/abbr>\u00a011,\u00a0<time>1911<\/time><small>(<a class=\"extiw\" title=\"s:en:1911 Encyclop\u00e6dia Britannica\/Gainsborough, Thomas\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikisource.org\/wiki\/en:1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica\/Gainsborough,_Thomas\">lire sur Wikisource<\/a>)<\/small>,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"pages\">p.<\/abbr><span class=\"nowrap\">388\u2013389<\/span><\/span>.<\/li>\n<li><span id=\"Digeon1955\" class=\"ouvrage\"><span id=\"Aur\u00e9lien_Digeon1955\" class=\"ouvrage\">Aur\u00e9lien Digeon,\u00a0<cite class=\"italique\">L&rsquo;\u00c9cole anglaise de peinture<\/cite>, Paris, \u00c9ditions Pierre Tisn\u00e9,\u00a0<time>1955<\/time>, 160\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"pages\">p.<\/abbr>,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"pages\">p.<\/abbr><span class=\"nowrap\">51-59<\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/li>\n<li>\u00ab\u00a0Gainsborough, Thomas\u00a0\u00bb [article], in:\u00a0<span id=\"Chilvers2009\" class=\"ouvrage\"><span id=\"Ian_Chilvers2009\" class=\"ouvrage\"><abbr class=\"abbr indicateur-langue\" title=\"Langue : anglais\">(en)<\/abbr>\u00a0Ian Chilvers,\u00a0<cite class=\"italique\" lang=\"en\"><a class=\"new\" title=\"The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (page inexistante)\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=The_Oxford_Dictionary_of_Art_and_Artists&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\">The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists<\/a><\/cite>, Oxford,\u00a0<a title=\"Oxford University Press\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oxford_University_Press\">Oxford University Press<\/a>,\u00a0<time>2009<\/time>, 694\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"pages\">p.<\/abbr><small>(<a title=\"International Standard Book Number\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Standard_Book_Number\">ISBN<\/a><a title=\"Sp\u00e9cial:Ouvrages de r\u00e9f\u00e9rence\/978-0-19-953294-0\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sp%C3%A9cial:Ouvrages_de_r%C3%A9f%C3%A9rence\/978-0-19-953294-0\"><span class=\"nowrap\">978-0-19-953294-0<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0<a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=P906UFXIoMUC&amp;pg=PA235\" rel=\"nofollow\">lire en ligne<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DP906UFXIoMUC%26pg%3DPA235\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>)<\/small>,\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"page\">p.<\/abbr>\u00a0235<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Marie-Annick S\u00e9kaly,\u00a0<a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clio.fr\/bibliotheque\/bibliothequeenligne\/gainsborough_ou_les_charmes_du_xviiie_anglais.php?letter=A\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00ab\u00a0Gainsborough ou les charmes du\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"18\u1d49 si\u00e8cle\"><span class=\"romain\">XVIII<\/span><sup>e<\/sup><\/abbr>\u00a0si\u00e8cle\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><small class=\"cachelinks\">\u00a0[<a title=\"archive sur Wikiwix\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.wikiwix.com\/cache\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.clio.fr%2Fbibliotheque%2Fbibliothequeenligne%2Fgainsborough_ou_les_charmes_du_xviiie_anglais.php%3Fletter%3DA\">archive<\/a>]<\/small>, La biblioth\u00e8que en ligne,\u00a0<i>Clio. Voyages culturels<\/i>, janvier 2002.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading4\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h4 id=\"Le_graveur\">Le graveur<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"Hayes1971\" class=\"ouvrage\"><span id=\"John_Hayes1971\" class=\"ouvrage\">John Hayes,\u00a0<cite class=\"italique\">Gainsborough as Printmaker<\/cite>, Londres, A. Zwemmer Ltd.,\u00a0<time>1971<\/time>, 114\u00a0<abbr class=\"abbr\" title=\"pages\">p.<\/abbr><small>(<a title=\"International Standard Book Number\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Standard_Book_Number\">ISBN<\/a><a title=\"Sp\u00e9cial:Ouvrages de r\u00e9f\u00e9rence\/9780300015614\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sp%C3%A9cial:Ouvrages_de_r%C3%A9f%C3%A9rence\/9780300015614\"><span class=\"nowrap\">9780300015614<\/span><\/a>)<\/small><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image mise en avant : Autoportrait\u00a0(vers 1758-1759) de Thomas Gainsborough, huile sur toile, Londres,\u00a0National Portrait Gallery. &nbsp; Thomas Gainsborough &nbsp; \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Autoportrait\u00a0(vers 1758-1759) de Thomas Gainsborough, huile sur toile, Londres,\u00a0National Portrait Gallery. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Biographie Naissance 14 mai1727 Sudbury D\u00e9c\u00e8s 2ao\u00fbt1788\u00a0(\u00e0 61\u00a0ans) Londres S\u00e9pulture \u00c9glise Sainte-Anne de Kew\u00a0(en) Formation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24608,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-24597","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oraziopuglisi.art\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oraziopuglisi.art\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oraziopuglisi.art\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oraziopuglisi.art\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oraziopuglisi.art\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24597"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/oraziopuglisi.art\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24610,"href":"https:\/\/oraziopuglisi.art\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24597\/revisions\/24610"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oraziopuglisi.art\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oraziopuglisi.art\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}