Thomas R. A. Gainsborough (1727–1788)

• Was an English painter.
• The artist spent his childhood at what is now Gainsborough's House, on Gainsborough Street, Sudbury.
• He later resided there following the death of his father in 1748 and before his move to Ipswich.
• The building is now a house-museum dedicated to his life and art.
• As a boy he demonstrated impressive drawing and painting skills.
• At the age of ten he was painting heads and small landscapes, including a miniature self-portrait.
• Gainsborough left home in 1740 to study art in London, where he trained under engraver Hubert Gravelot but became associated with William Hogarth and his school.
• He assisted Francis Hayman in decorating the supper boxes at Vauxhall Gardens.
• The displayed painting is a crop from: Thomas Gainsborough, Mary Little, later Lady Carr, ca. 176.
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