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

A few minutes’ drive from Ansari’s Kensington apartments, a boutique London hotel called the Gainsborough Hotel sold for £6.5 million in 2018 to an entity controlled by Salim Ahmed Said, according to U.K. property records.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

As the demand grew for a portrait by Gainsborough, he himself became fashionable and was taken up by King George III. Even so, the name “Van Dyck” was among the artist’s last words.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

Through invented details of clothing, Ms. Ng points out, Gainsborough could “subvert the rigid rules of British social class,” elevating sitters into gentility.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

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 • Nov. 26, 2025

Like the Gainsborough and Reynolds portraits painted during his lifetime, Mozart’s music says, ‘I will do my best to make this beautiful because that’s what life, at its best, can be.’

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall