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Gainsborough

American

[geynz-bur-oh, -buhr-oh, geynz-ber-uh] / ˈgeɪnzˌbɜr oʊ, -ˌbʌr oʊ, ˈgeɪnz bər ə /

noun

Thomas, 1727–88, English painter.

Gainsborough British

/ -brə, ˈɡeɪnzbərə /

noun

Thomas. 1727–88, English painter, noted particularly for his informal portraits and for his naturalistic landscapes

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Gainsborough grew up with Andrews, and the clouds that darken behind him seem to hint at his disposition.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

In the world according to Gainsborough, a noble nature trumps high birth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

Ms. Ng’s introductory wall text explains that the term “fashion” conveyed a nexus of meanings during the years Gainsborough was painting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

The other two Britons who died since 2023 were Jane Pressley, 62, of Gainsborough in Lincolnshire, who died in January three years ago after falling ill while holidaying on Sal the previous November.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2026

The portrait, in the style of Gainsborough, showed an aristocratic family—parents, two teenage girls and an infant, all thin-lipped, and pale as ghouls—posed before a vaguely Tuscan landscape.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

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