Title

'Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan', 1785-1787. Artist: Thomas Gainsborough.

Caption

'Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan', 1785-1787. Elizabeth Ann Sheridan, née Linley, (1754-1792), British singer. The painting is part of the Mellon Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. From Masterpieces of Painting, edited by Huntington Cairns and John Walker. [National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., Random House, New York, N.Y. 1944]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1785

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19D16_197

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

43,7Mb (3,9Mb) / 10,9in x 15,6in / 3270 x 4672 (300dpi)

Keywords

England female women woman people job music garden sitting arts painting country singing art occupation British English color colour location century gallery Britain profession vocalist singer lady seated 1940s posture art gallery publication Forties National Gallery of Art 18th century 20th century Eighteenth Century The Print Collector decade direct gaze portrait oil John Walker Elizabeth Sheridan Thomas Gainsborough Mellon Elizabeth Ann Sheridan Elizabeth Sheridan Elizabeth Ann Linley Elizabeth Linley Linley Elizabeth Ann Andrew W Mellon Andrew W Gainsborough Thomas art centre hands in lap Masterpieces of Painting Huntingdon Cairns Cairns Huntingdon National Gallery of Art John Walker Huntingdon Cairns National Gallery of Art Andrew W Mellon John Walker oil portrait