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Baptised in 1727: English painter (1727-88)

Portrait of Mrs. Sarah Siddons (1755-1831), 1785

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In his final years Gainsborough created some of the most elegant English portraits of the 18th C. His Morning Walk (1785), Mrs Sheridan (1785-6) & Duke of Kent (c1787) are supreme examples of an artist who understood beauty & human frailty

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As a foil to his society portraits he began his Cottage series where, influenced by Murillo, he sought to raise the stature of what he saw as honest peasant life. Cottage Girl (1785), Girl with Pigs (1782) & Cottage Door (1780s). The Cottage Girl is his masterpiece in

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Mr. & Mrs. Hallett, taking their morning walk in 1785. Immortalized by Thomas Gainsborough, whose birthday is today.

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,born 1727, Sudbury. English portrait and landscape painter, draughtsman & printmaker.


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🖼️Mr. & Mrs. William Hallett (The Morning Walk), 1785 : WikiArt

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The Birds of America (1840-44) by John James Audubon (USA, 1785-1851). "One of the finest ornithological works ever completed". Audubon depicted the birds in their natural habitats, and is said to have identified 25 new species.

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"Oh, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains!"
Othello, Act 2 Scene 3


Image: Alehouse Politicians by Thomas Rowlandson, c. 1785-90.

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🌎 Dreyhundert auserlesene amerikanische Gewächse nach linneischer Ordnung.
Nürnberg, Auf Kosten der Raspischen Buchh., 1785-88.
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2020-05-07

A lovely sunset view of the ships at sea off the South Foreland near Dover in May 1785

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This is one of Gainsborough’s most beautiful portraits. It’s of Elizabeth Linley, Mrs Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1785/7). The artist constantly sought to integrate nature into his portraits & in this example he achieved that superbly.

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1/ in 1785 John James Audubon was born at Les Cayes, Santo Domingo, Haiti. An ornithologist, artist and naturalist, Audubon is most famous for 'The Birds of America (1827–1839)' which featured colour plates that depicted life size American birds.

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AiC Art for the Day - Born Apr. 26: John James Audubon, American, (1785-1851), Birds of America, (1827-38). Happy Audubon Day!
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Birthday in the park: James John Audubon, 1785-1851, ornithologist, naturalist, painter.......https://t.co/HamsTKu0o1

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Baronne de Crussol (1785) by Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun [Madame Le Brun] (France, 1755-1842).

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Born John James Audebon pioneering American ornithologist naturalist & renowned for his detailed illustrations of American birds in their natural habitats in his landmark The Birds of America 1 of finest ornithological works ever completed

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Born in 1776: of the United Kingdom, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh, daughter of King

Portrait with her sisters Sophia (1777-1848) & Amelia (1783-1810) by (1738-1815), 1785

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In the Lake District for today's First, the wonderful museum, reopened in 2019. Pair of paintings by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg, designed to delight a London audience: “Belle Isle, Windermere, in a Calm”(1786) and same “in a Storm” (1785).

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Born in 1767: Elisabeth of Württemberg (1767-90), Archduchess of Austria by marriage to the later Emperor

Portrait by Johann Baptist von the Elder (1751-1830), 1785

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