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Thomas Gainsborough: Mrs. John Taylor  wikidata:Q20178899 reasonator:Q20178899
Artist
Thomas Gainsborough  (1727–1788)  wikidata:Q192720 s:en:Author:Thomas Gainsborough q:en:Thomas Gainsborough
 
Thomas Gainsborough
Description British painter, engraver and drawer
Date of birth/death 14 May 1727 Edit this at Wikidata 2 August 1788 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Sudbury London
Work location
Sudbury, London, Ipswich, Bath
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q192720
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Mrs. John Taylor Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"Mrs. John Taylor Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"Mrs. John Taylor Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Lde,"Mrs. John Taylor"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: Portrait circa 1778 of "Mrs John Taylor" (Sarah Skey, eldest daughter of Samuel Skey of Spring Grove, Worcestershire), wife of John II Taylor (1738-1814) of Bordesley Hall, near Birmingham, button manufacturer and co-founder of Lloyds Bank. By Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788), National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, Andrew W. Mellon Collection, no.1937.1.100. oil on canvas (oval): 76 x 64 cm (29 15/16 x 25 3/16 in.). Provenance, per National Gallery of Art catalogue entry:

"Painted for the sitter's husband, John Taylor (1738-1814) of Bordesley Park and Moseley Hall, Birmingham; by descent to George W. Taylor, Pickenhall Hall, Swaffham, Norfolk, who sold it sometime after 1903 (it was still in his possession when it was exhibited at Birmingham). (Trotti et cie., Paris). (M. Knoedler & Co., New York); purchased September 1905(?) by Andrew W. Mellon, Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C.; deeded December 1934 to The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh; gift 1937 to NGA. Loans: Loan Collection of Portraits, City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, 1903, no. 27."
Date circa 1778
date QS:P571,+1778-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 76 cm (29.9 in); width: 64 cm (25.1 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,76U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,64U174728
institution QS:P195,Q214867
Accession number
1937.1.100 (National Gallery of Art) Edit this at Wikidata
References National Gallery of Art artwork ID: 107 Edit this at Wikidata
Source/Photographer http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.107.html

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