Gainsborough

American  

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

noun

1. Thomas, 1727–88, English painter.

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Gainsborough British  

/ -brə, ˈɡeɪnzbərə /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

Portraits come in many incarnations—the rigorous realism of Holbein, the rococo elegance of Gainsborough, the harsh frankness of Lucian Freud, to name just a few.

From The Wall Street Journal

In a statement, police confirmed officers were not looking for anyone else in connection with the deaths, or a separate hit-and-run in Gainsborough Road, Winthorpe, just after 10:00 GMT on Saturday.

From BBC

Michael Overson, from Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, has been waiting three years for a knee operation and found out on Friday his surgery, which had been scheduled for Tuesday, had been cancelled.

From BBC

The name is a playful nod to Thomas Gainsborough’s “The Blue Boy,” one of the Huntington’s famous paintings, and a reference to the plant’s greener-than-usual spadix.

From Los Angeles Times

Jess and Norma were also regular visitors to Marshall's Yard shopping centre in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, where they switched on the Christmas lights last year.

From BBC