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Who was Thomas Gainsborough?

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Who was Thomas Gainsborough?

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Painter of Portraits and Landscapes. Date and Place of Birth: 14th May 1727, Sudbury, Suffolk, England. Family Background: Youngest and fifth son of John Gainsborough a maker of woollen goods and Mary Burroughs. One of nine children in total. Education: Apprenticed to the French engraver Hubert Francois Gravelot in London. Also worked with Francis Hayman. Chronology/Biography of Thomas Gainsborough: 1740-6: Went to London to work with French engraver Gravelot. 1746: Moved with his new wife to Hatton Garden, London. 1748: “The Charterhouse” is the last picture of his apprenticeship period. Painted the world famous “Mr. and Mrs. Andrews”. 1749: Returned to Live in Sudbury, Suffolk and lived at Friar’s Street. 1750: Birth of daughter Mary. 1751: Birth of daughter Margaret. Family moved to live in Foundation Street, Ipswich. 1752: Set up as a portrait painter at Ipswich. 1760: Moved to Bath where the family rented a large house in Abbey Street. 1761: Sent paintings to the newly formed Soci