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Thomas Gainsborough
Presented by the family of Richard J. Lane 1896
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<p>This study of Thomas Gainsborough was probably made as part of Zoffany's preparations for an elaborate group portrait of members of the new Royal Academy of Arts, which he painted in 1771-2. Gainsborough was one of the Academy's founder members.</p><p>In spite of this study, Gainsborough was not in fact included in Zoffany's final painting. He disliked the Academy's self-importance and formality, and his absence from Zoffany's final picture probably reflects his half-hearted relationship with it.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
4 April 2003 – 22 June 2003
2003-06-22
4 April 2003 – 22 June 2003
2003-06-22
2003-04-04
National Galleries of Scotland (Edinburgh, UK)
2003-04-04
Gainsborough's Beautiful Garden
Loan-out
3 November 2003 – 19 January 2004
2004-01-19
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2003-11-03
Portraits of Artists
Collection based display
27 October 2011 – 10 June 2012
2012-06-10
27 October 2011 – 12 February 2012
2012-02-12
2011-10-27
Yale Center for British Art (New Haven, USA)
http://ycba.yale.edu/index.asp
10 March 2012 – 10 June 2012
2012-06-10
2012-03-10
Royal Academy of Arts (London, UK)
http://www.royalacademy.org.uk
2011-10-27
Johan Zoffany RA: Artist and Enigma
Loan-out
22 March 2013 – 1 September 2013
2013-09-01
22 March 2013 – 1 September 2013
2013-09-01
2013-03-22
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2013-03-22
Image of the British School
Collection based display
22 November 2018 – 5 June 2019
2019-06-05
22 November 2018 – 3 February 2019
2019-02-03
2018-11-22
National Portrait Gallery (London, UK)
http://www.npg.org.uk
23 February 2019 – 5 June 2019
2019-06-05
2019-02-23
Princeton University Art Museum (Princeton, USA)
http://www.princetonartmuseum.org
2018-11-22
Gainsborough Family Album
Loan-out
11 September 2019 – 31 May 2020
2020-05-31
11 September 2019 – 16 February 2020
2020-02-16
2019-09-11
Musée du Luxembourg (Paris, France)
29 February 2020 – 31 May 2020
2020-05-31
2020-02-29
External
2019-09-11
Gainsborough to Turner: The Golden Age of English Painting
Loan-out
Thomas Gainsborough
support: 197 × 171 mm
frame: 315 × 290 × 50 mm
Presented by the family of Richard J. Lane 1896
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<span class="text15">This study of Thomas Gainsborough</span><span class="text0">
</span><span class="text14">was probably made as part of      Zoffany's</span><span class="text0"> </span><span class="text15">preparations      for an elaborate group </span><span class="text0"><a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/portrait" title="Glossary definition for 'Portrait'"><span>portrait</span></a> of members of      the new Royal Academy of Arts, which he painted in 1771-2. Gainsborough was      one of the Academy's founder members. </span>
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<span class="text15">In spite of this study, Gainsborough  was not in fact      included in Zoffany's</span><span class="text0">
</span><span class="text14">final <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>painting</span></a>. He disliked the Academy's</span><span class="text0"> self-importance and formality, and his </span><span class="text15">absence from Zoffany's final picture probably reflects his      half-hearted relationship with it.</span><span class="text0">
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