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Thomas Gainsborough

Portrait of George Pitt, First Baron Rivers

1769
oil on canvas
234.3 × 154.3 cm (92.2 × 60.7 in)

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Gainsborough was famous for his portraits, but he especially loved painting landscapes.

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