Thomas Gainsborough (14 May 1727 (baptised) – 2 August 1788) was an English portrait and landscape painter, draughtsman, and printmaker. Along with his older contemporary Joshua Reynolds, Gainsborough is considered one of the most significant masters of British painting of the second half of the 18th century, whose paintings are characterized palette of light, silvery tones. Gainsborough was an outstanding portrait painter, but also became fa ...