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The evolution of Gainsborough’s portrait of Elizabeth Sheridan

04/2013 | 1321 | 155

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Author:

Christiansen, Carol (Christiansen, Carol)

Author:

Luciano, Eleanora (Luciano, Eleanora)

Subjects

artists:

Gainsborough, Thomas

dates:

1780-1789

museums and institutions:

National Gallery of Art, Washington, United States

patrons:

Linley, Elizabeth Ann, 1754-1792

subjects:

British painting / Full-length portraits / Women / Collections, Public / Biographies / Composition (artistic arrangement) / Technical analysis

subjects:

Sitters

Illustrations

Attributed works:

24. Elizabeth Sheridan, Mrs Richard Sheridan, by Thomas Gainsborough. 1785-87. Canvas, 219.7 by 153.7 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington, Andrew W. Mellon Collection).

Attributed works:

25. X-radiograph of Fig.24 showing a more rustic bodice, Leghorn hat and a lamb on the right.

Attributed works:

26. Elizabeth and Thomas Linley, by Thomas Gainsborough. 1768. Canvas, 69.8 by 62.3 cm. (Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown).

Attributed works:

27. Mrs Richard Brinsley Sheridan, by Thomas Gainsborough. c.1775. Canvas, 76.2 by 63.5 cm. (Philadelphia Museum of Art, George W. Elkins Collection).

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28. The Linley sisters, by Thomas Gainsborough. 1772 and 1786. Canvas, 199 by 153 cm. (Dulwich Picture Gallery, London).

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29. Haymaker and sleeping girl, by Thomas Gainsborough. c.1786-87. Canvas, 227.3 by 149.9 cm. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, M. Theresa B. Hopkins Fund and Seth K. Sweetser Fund).

Attributed works:

30. X-radiograph of the head of Mrs Sheridan in Fig.24.

Attributed works:

31. X-radiograph of a detail from the lower right of Fig.24 showing a lamb's head.

Attributed works:

32. Infra-red reflectogram mosaic of a detail from Fig.24, showing a basket (outlined in red) and a shepherd's crook (outlined in yellow).

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