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
