Portrait of Joshua Kirby

Artwork: Portrait of Joshua Kirby (1716-1774)

Artist: Thomas Gainsborough

Created: c. 1754-1756

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 41.9 x 29.2 cm (estimate); without frame

Photography credit: @1001before_you_die_collection at @vamuseum

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“A brilliant British artist Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788), probably painted this “Portrait of Joshua Kirby,” while the artist was living in Ipswich.

Joshua Kirby (1716-74), one of Gainsborough’s closest friends, was a painter, author and printmaker and later became President of the Society of Artists in London..” (C-LE)

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