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🎨 Sir English portrait painter, was 16 July 1723.

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"A room hung with pictures is a room hung with thoughts."

🎨 Sir English portrait painter, 23 February 1792.

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English painter was born 1723.⁠⠀
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This outstanding work, dated c.1775, depicts Mrs Elizabeth Carnac. The sun-dappled landscape setting shows the artist’s response to the portrait innovations of his rival, Gainsborough.

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