Artist: Sir Thomas Gainsborough (English, (baptised 1727 – 1788)
Medium: Antique engraving on wove paper after the original by Master Engraver Charles Henry Jeens, British (1827 – 1879).
Signature: Signed in the plate.
Dimensions: Image Size – 7 1/2 x 9 7/8 inches.
Framed Dimensions: Approximately 17 x 19 inches.
Framing: This piece has been professionally matted and framed using all new materials.
Prince Henry Frederick, Duke of Cumberland as duke. Whole length walking with Anne, Duchess of Cumberland, and Lady Elizabeth Luttrell. Duke with Tricorne, coat with Garter star and with stick in right hand. Duchess and Lady Elizabeth in full gowns with bonnets. Duke and Duchess walk arm in arm as Lady Elizabeth records the scene with a porte-crayon.
Thomas Gainsborough was an English portrait and landscape painter, draughtsman, and printmaker. He surpassed his rival Sir Joshua Reynolds to become the dominant British portraitist of the second half of the 18th century. He painted quickly, and the works of his maturity are characterized by a light palette and easy strokes. He preferred landscapes to portraits, and is credited (with Richard Wilson) as the originator of the 18th-century British landscape school. Gainsborough was a founding member of the Royal Academy.