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Plate 17: “Mrs. Sheridan,” oil painting by Thomas Gainsborough, c. 1785. In the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 2.2 x 1.5 m.
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Mrs. Sheridan

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Plate 17: “Mrs. Sheridan,” oil painting by Thomas Gainsborough, c. 1785. In the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 2.2 x 1.5 m.
Plate 17: “Mrs. Sheridan,” oil painting by Thomas Gainsborough, c. 1785. In the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 2.2 x 1.5 m.

The painting "Mrs. Sheridan" was created by Thomas Gainsborough between 1785 and 1787. It is a portrait of Elizabeth Sheridan, wife of the playwright and politician Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Gainsborough, a close friend of the family, captured a likeness that also conveyed a sense of melancholy, a mood that would become more prominent in later Romantic art. The painting is noted for its harmonious integration of the sitter with her pastoral surroundings, with the breeze affecting both the landscape and Elizabeth's drapery. This approach was characteristic of Gainsborough's ability to create a cohesive composition, blending the subject with the environment.1

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