Portrait of George Pitt, First Baron Rivers
1769
Thomas Gainsborough
Thomas Gainsborough (British, 1727–1788)
European Painting and Sculpture
Portrait of George Pitt, First Baron Rivers, 1769. Thomas Gainsborough (British, 1727–1788). Oil on canvas; framed: 261 x 181 x 9 cm (102 3/4 x 71 1/4 x 3 9/16 in.); unframed: 234.3 x 154.3 cm (92 1/4 x 60 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1971.2 Gainsborough was famous for his portraits, but he especially loved painting landscapes.
- Maker/Artist
- Gainsborough, Thomas
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 261 x 181 x 9 cm (102 3/4 x 71 1/4 x 3 9/16 in.); Unframed: 234.3 x 154.3 cm (92 1/4 x 60 3/4 in.)
- Departments
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1971.2
- Credit Line
- Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review: 1971, Vittorio Alfieri: Aristocratico Ribelle (1749-1803), CMA @ Oberlin (second rotation), British Gallery Reinstallation (June 2020), Royal Academy, London, United Kingdom (1769)., <em>Works by Old Masters (Winter Exhibition)</em>.Royal Academy, London, United Kingdom (1881)., <em>The First Hundred Years of the Royal Academy (Winter Exhibition) </em>Royal Academy, London, United Kingdom (1951-1952).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 203A British Painting and Decorative Arts
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