Person    | Male  Born 1727  Died 1788

Thomas Gainsborough

Categories: Art, Seriously Famous

Born Sudbury, Suffolk.

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Thomas Gainsborough

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Dulwich Picture Gallery

Dulwich Picture Gallery Dulwich Picture Gallery, England's very first public ...

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Thomas Gainsborough

London County Council Thomas Gainsborough, 1727 - 1788, artist, lived here.

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