the painter’s two daughters

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The PainTer’s Two DaughTers

Thomas Gainsborough

Thomas Gainsborough(1727- 1788)

• portraiture• landscape• conversation pieces

• animal painting• seascape• still life

Thomas Gainsborough(1727- 1788)

• 1746 - married Margaret Burr

• 1748 – Mary was born

• 1752 – Margaret was born

Mary & Margaret

“The Painter's DaughtersChasing a Butterfly”

(1756)

“Two DaughtersHolding a Cat”

(1759)

“Portrait of the Artist's Daughters”

(1760)

The PainTer’s Two DaughTers

• Date: 1758• Material: oil on

canvas (two canvases joined)

Mary, 10 Margaret, 6

The PainTer’s Two DaughTers

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