Francis Basset, Lord de Dunstanville — Thomas Gainsborough | DiscoverArt

Thomas Gainsborough

Francis Basset, Lord de Dunstanville

c. 1786

oil on canvas

127 × 101.6 cm (50 × 40 in)

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