Thomas Gainsborough

Ariadne's Gallery holds 179 works by Thomas Gainsborough, made between 1733 and 1787. Most belong to Rococo. The most common genres are portrait, landscape and genre painting. Compared with the rest of the collection, these works most often evoke joy and nostalgia.

Emotional profile

Sadness: 21 (collection average 34)
Joy: 51 (collection average 46)
Tension: 36 (collection average 48)
Anger: 14 (collection average 23)
Nostalgia: 49 (collection average 47)
Wonder: 48 (collection average 48)
Interest: 58 (collection average 57)

Styles

Rococo (2,857)

Artworks

Dancers With Musicians In A Woodland Glade, 1733 — Anger 46, Tension 55, Wonder 54
The miniature portrait of a young boy (supposed self-portrait), c.1737 — Interest 80, Joy 74, Nostalgia 69
Conversation in a Park, 1745 — Joy 65, Wonder 60, Interest 65
Forest (Cornard Wood), c.1746 - c.1747 — Wonder 50, Joy 45, Interest 55
Landscape with Sandpit, c.1746 - c.1747 — Wonder 55, Interest 61, Nostalgia 51
Drinkstone Park (Cornard Woodland), c.1747 — Wonder 50, Joy 44, Interest 55
Cornard Wood, near Sudbury, Suffolk, 1748 — Joy 80, Wonder 65, Interest 70
St. Mary's Church Hadleigh, c.1748 - c.1750 — Joy 64, Interest 65, Wonder 54
The Artist with his Wife and Daughter, c.1748 — Joy 70, Interest 70, Wonder 60
The Charterhouse, London, 1748 — Tension 55, Sadness 40, Anger 20
Landscape in Suffolk, c.1750 — Joy 65, Wonder 60, Interest 65
Mr. and Mrs. Andrews, c.1750 — Wonder 65, Interest 70, Joy 64
Portrait of a Gentleman, c.1750 — Joy 50, Nostalgia 45, Interest 55
Portrait of a Woman (possibly of the Lloyd Family), c.1750 — Joy 45, Nostalgia 39, Interest 51
Portrait of Heneage Lloyd and his Sister, Lucy, c.1750 — Sadness 25, Joy 35, Anger 11
Portrait of Sarah Kirby (née Bull) and John Joshua Kirby, c.1751 - c.1752 — Joy 50, Nostalgia 45, Interest 55
John Kirby, c.1752 - c.1753 — Joy 59, Nostalgia 56, Wonder 54
Mr. and Mrs. John Gravenor and their Daughters, Elizabeth and Ann, c.1752 - 1754 — Nostalgia 59, Joy 51, Wonder 51
John Plampin, c.1753 - c.1755 — Wonder 55, Interest 60, Nostalgia 50
River Landscape with Rustic Lovers, c.1754 - c.1756 — Anger 15, Sadness 25, Joy 35
Self portrait, 1754 — Joy 50, Nostalgia 45, Interest 55
An Unknown Couple in a Landscape, c.1755 — Wonder 50, Joy 45, Interest 55
Landscape with a Woodcutter and Milkmaid, 1755 — Nostalgia 55, Wonder 54, Joy 51
Self portrait, c.1758 - c.1759 — Joy 50, Nostalgia 45, Interest 55
The Artist's Wife, c.1758 — Joy 70, Interest 71, Wonder 60
Portrait of the artist's daughter with a cat, c.1759 — Joy 40, Nostalgia 41, Interest 50
The Painter's Daughters chasing a Butterfly, 1759 — Joy 70, Interest 70, Wonder 61
William Wollaston, 1759 — Joy 56, Nostalgia 55, Interest 60
Portrait of Ann Ford (later Mrs. Philip Thicknesse), 1760 — Joy 40, Anger 10, Nostalgia 34
Portrait of Mary Countess Howe, c.1760 — Joy 40, Nostalgia 41, Interest 50
Portrait of the Molly and Peggy, c.1760 — Nostalgia 50, Joy 50, Interest 55
Robert Price, c.1760 — Joy 40, Nostalgia 40, Interest 50
Lady Alston, c.1761 - c.1762 — Nostalgia 60, Wonder 55, Joy 50
William Poyntz of Midgham and his Dog Amber, 1762 — Wonder 65, Joy 65, Interest 70
John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer, c.1763 — Joy 60, Nostalgia 54, Wonder 55
Elizabeth Wrottesley, 1764 - 1765 — Joy 49, Wonder 50, Nostalgia 45
Wooded Landscape with a Waggon in the Shade, c.1765 — Nostalgia 55, Joy 54, Interest 60
Mrs. Christopher Horton, later Anne, Duchess of Cumberland, 1766 — Nostalgia 65, Joy 55, Wonder 55
Pesants Returning from Market, c.1767 - c.1768 — Wonder 56, Nostalgia 55, Interest 60
Portrait of George Venables Vernon, 2nd Lord Vernon, 1767 — Joy 40, Nostalgia 40, Interest 50
Portrait of Mrs. Awse, 1767 — Sadness 25, Joy 35, Anger 10
The Harvest Wagon, 1767 — Joy 75, Wonder 71, Interest 75
Augustus John, third Earl of Briston, 1768 — Joy 45, Wonder 45, Nostalgia 40
Evening Landscape Peasants and Mounted Figures, c.1768 - c.1771 — Wonder 54, Interest 60, Joy 50
John, 1st Viscount Kilmorey, c.1768 — Nostalgia 60, Joy 50, Wonder 50
Mary, Duchess of Montagu, c.1768 — Nostalgia 65, Joy 55, Wonder 55
River landscape, 1768 - 1770 — Sadness 30, Anger 16, Joy 30
Wooded Landscape with Cattle and Goats, c.1768 - c.1772 — Nostalgia 56, Joy 55, Interest 60
Captain William Wade, 1769 — Joy 50, Wonder 50, Nostalgia 45
Isabella, Viscountess Molyneux, 1769 — Nostalgia 64, Wonder 55, Interest 60
Isabella,Viscountess Molyneux, Later Countess of Sefton, 1769 — Joy 74, Wonder 60, Interest 65
Edward, 2nd Viscount Ligonier, 1770 — Joy 50, Wonder 50, Nostalgia 45
Gainsborough Dupont, c.1770 - c.1772 — Joy 50, Wonder 50, Nostalgia 45
Lady Ligonier, 1770 — Nostalgia 55, Wonder 50, Joy 45
Portrait of David Garrick, 1770 — Joy 60, Interest 65, Nostalgia 55
Portrait of Mrs. John Bolton, c.1770 — Joy 40, Nostalgia 40, Interest 50
The Blue Boy, 1770 — Joy 70, Interest 70, Nostalgia 61
The Painter's daughters, 1770 — Joy 75, Interest 75, Wonder 65
The Artist's Daughter Margaret, 1772 — Joy 75, Interest 75, Wonder 65
The Linley Sisters (Mrs. Sheridan and Mrs. Tickell), 1772 — Joy 65, Wonder 60, Interest 65
The Woodcutter's House, 1772 - 1773 — Nostalgia 45, Tension 45, Joy 40
Benjamin Truman, c.1773 - c.1774 — Joy 50, Wonder 50, Nostalgia 45
Gainsborough Dupont, 1773 — Joy 75, Wonder 65, Interest 70
Landscape with Cattle, c.1773 — Joy 65, Wonder 59, Interest 65
Richard Paul Jordell, c.1774 — Joy 36, Sadness 25, Anger 10
Mrs. Graham, c.1775 — Wonder 55, Interest 60, Nostalgia 50
Portrait of Johann Christian Bach, 1776 — Joy 45, Nostalgia 41, Interest 50
Squire John Wilkinson, c.1776 — Joy 55, Interest 60, Nostalgia 50
Thomas Pennant, 1776 — Nostalgia 50, Joy 46, Tension 46
Carl Friedrich Abel, 1777 — Joy 50, Wonder 50, Nostalgia 45
Henry Frederick, Duke of Cumberland, 1777 — Nostalgia 61, Wonder 51, Joy 45
Pomeranian Bitch and Pup, c.1777 — Wonder 65, Interest 71, Joy 65
Portrait of the Mary Gainsborough, 1777 — Joy 50, Nostalgia 45, Interest 55
The Hon. Mrs. Graham, 1777 — Nostalgia 50, Joy 45, Interest 56
The Honourable Frances Duncombe, c.1777 — Nostalgia 50, Joy 45, Tension 45
The Watering Place, 1777 — Wonder 70, Interest 75, Joy 70
Mrs. Grace D. Elliott, 1778 — Nostalgia 60, Joy 50, Wonder 49
Nee Margaret Burr, c.1778 — Wonder 55, Interest 60, Nostalgia 50
Philip James de Loutherbourg, 1778 — Wonder 55, Interest 61, Nostalgia 50
Portrait of Grace Dalrymple Elliott, c.1778 — Joy 40, Anger 10, Nostalgia 35
Portrait of James Christie, 1778 — Joy 50, Nostalgia 45, Interest 55
Portrait of Louisa, Lady Clarges, 1778 — Joy 39, Nostalgia 40, Interest 51
The Cottage Door, c.1778 — Nostalgia 45, Sadness 30, Tension 40
Johann Christian Fischer, c.1780 — Wonder 50, Tension 50, Nostalgia 45
Portrait Of Colonel John Bullock, c.1780 — Joy 55, Interest 60, Nostalgia 50
George IV as Prince of Wales, 1781 — Wonder 65, Joy 65, Interest 70
King George III, 1781 — Interest 76, Wonder 70, Joy 70
Mrs. Mary Robinson ('Perdita'), 1781 — Nostalgia 64, Joy 60, Wonder 55
Portrait of George III, 1781 — Nostalgia 45, Interest 55, Joy 41
Portrait of Queen Charlotte, 1781 — Joy 61, Interest 65, Nostalgia 55
Richard Hurd, Bishop of Worcester, 1781 — Joy 41, Nostalgia 40, Interest 50
River Landscape with Rustic Lovers, 1781 — Anger 15, Sadness 25, Joy 35
Rocky Coastal Scene, 1781 — Tension 55, Anger 20, Interest 55
Seashore with Fishermen, 1781 - c.1782 — Tension 54, Interest 59, Wonder 50
A Coastal Landscape, 1782 — Wonder 51, Joy 45, Interest 55
Fen Bridge Lane, c.1782 — Anger 11, Joy 28, Sadness 18
George Brydges Rodney, Admiral of the White, 1782 — Wonder 60, Interest 65, Joy 55
George, Prince of Wales, Later George IV, 1782 — Wonder 65, Interest 70, Joy 65
Giovanna Baccelli, 1782 — Wonder 55, Interest 60, Joy 50
Girl with Pigs, 1782 — Anger 50, Tension 55, Wonder 50
John Joseph Merlin, 1782 — Wonder 55, Interest 61, Nostalgia 50
Miss Elizabeth Haverfield, c.1782 — Nostalgia 60, Joy 50, Wonder 49
Portrait of John Hayes St. Leger, 1782 — Joy 50, Nostalgia 45, Interest 55
Portrait of Prince Edward, Later Duke of Kent, 1782 — Joy 45, Nostalgia 45, Interest 55
Wooded Landscape with Cattle by a Pool and a Cottage at Evening, 1782 — Nostalgia 55, Joy 55, Interest 60
Coastal Scene, a Calm, 1783 — Anger 9, Joy 27, Sadness 17
Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, 1783 — Joy 61, Wonder 60, Interest 65
John and Henry Trueman Villebois, c.1783 — Joy 65, Wonder 60, Interest 65
Lord Hastings, Governor of India, 1783 - 1784 — Nostalgia 60, Sadness 40, Wonder 50
Mountain Landscape with Shepherd, 1783 — Wonder 65, Joy 65, Interest 70
The Duke and Duchess of Cumberland, 1783 - 1785 — Joy 60, Nostalgia 54, Interest 60
The Mall in St. James's Park, 1783 — Joy 75, Interest 75, Wonder 70
Two Shepherd Boys with Dogs Fighting, 1783 — Nostalgia 55, Joy 55, Interest 60
Greyhounds coursing a fox, 1784 - 1785 — Anger 56, Tension 60, Wonder 55
Mountain Landscape with Peasants Crossing a Bridge, 1784 — Interest 75, Wonder 70, Joy 70
Portrait of John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire, 1784 — Joy 40, Nostalgia 40, Interest 50
The Harvest Wagon, c.1784 — Joy 75, Wonder 70, Interest 75
The three eldest daughters of George III: Princesses Charlotte, Augusta and Elizabeth, 1784 — Joy 50, Nostalgia 50, Tension 45
A peasant girl with dog and jug, 1785 — Wonder 55, Joy 50, Interest 60
Diana and Actaeon, c.1785 — Joy 55, Wonder 56, Nostalgia 50
Miss Catherine Tatton, 1785 — Nostalgia 55, Joy 55, Wonder 56
Mr. and Mrs. William Hallett (The Morning Walk), 1785 — Interest 75, Wonder 70, Joy 70
Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan, 1785 - 1786 — Nostalgia 60, Joy 50, Wonder 50
Mrs. Sarah Siddons, the actress, 1785 — Nostalgia 65, Joy 55, Wonder 55
Portrait of George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer, c.1785 — Joy 50, Nostalgia 45, Interest 55
Sophia Charlotte, Lady Sheffield, 1785 - 1786 — Joy 55, Interest 60, Nostalgia 50
The Earl of Darnley, 1785 — Joy 55, Nostalgia 50, Wonder 46
The Honourable Charles Wolfran Cornwal, 1785 - 1786 — Tension 50, Sadness 35, Nostalgia 45
The market cart, 1786 — Nostalgia 50, Joy 45, Interest 55
Mary, Lady Bate Dudley, 1787 — Nostalgia 60, Joy 50, Wonder 50
Self Portrait, 1787 — Joy 50, Nostalgia 45, Interest 55
The Woodsman, 1787 - 1788 — Nostalgia 45, Tension 46, Joy 40
A Woman in Blue (Portrait of the Duchess of Beaufort) — Wonder 60, Joy 60, Interest 65
A woman with a rose — Anger 51, Tension 65, Wonder 51
An Extensive Landscape With Cattle And A Drover — Wonder 55, Joy 50, Interest 60
Carl Friedrich Abel — Joy 50, Wonder 50, Nostalgia 45
Charity relieving Distress — Joy 55, Wonder 55, Interest 60
Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk — Joy 49, Wonder 50, Nostalgia 44
Coastal scene with shipping, figures and cows — Wonder 51, Joy 46, Interest 55
Count Rumford — Joy 55, Wonder 55, Interest 60
David Garrick — Joy 60, Wonder 60, Interest 64
Edward Richard Gardiner — Joy 50, Wonder 50, Nostalgia 45
Edward Vernon — Joy 50, Wonder 50, Interest 55
Figures with cart at roadside — Wonder 55, Interest 61, Joy 49
Figures with Cattle in a Landscape — Wonder 55, Joy 50, Interest 60
Forest landsape with mountain — Wonder 50, Joy 45, Interest 54
Homecoming — Joy 70, Wonder 65, Interest 70
Isaac Henrique Sequeira — Wonder 55, Nostalgia 50, Interest 59
James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale — Nostalgia 60, Sadness 41, Anger 25
John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll — Nostalgia 55, Joy 54, Interest 60
John Henderson — Nostalgia 55, Joy 50, Wonder 50
John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich — Nostalgia 56, Joy 49, Wonder 50
Joseph Gibbs — Nostalgia 55, Joy 55, Wonder 55
Lady Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire — Joy 55, Interest 60, Nostalgia 49
Landscape — Wonder 56, Nostalgia 50, Interest 60
Landscape with cows and human figure — Nostalgia 55, Wonder 54, Interest 60
Landscape with the village Cornard — Joy 65, Wonder 60, Interest 65
Lord Cornwallis — Nostalgia 60, Joy 50, Wonder 50
Mountainous Landscape With Cart And Figures — Nostalgia 60, Wonder 61, Interest 66
Mr. Coke of Brookhill — Nostalgia 55, Joy 50, Wonder 50
Mrs. Thomas Hibbert — Nostalgia 60, Joy 50, Wonder 50
Open landscape with shepherd and sheep — Wonder 70, Interest 74, Joy 70
Portrait of Elizabeth Bowes — Joy 44, Nostalgia 41, Interest 50
Portrait of John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford — Joy 55, Interest 60, Nostalgia 50
Portrait of Lady Elizabeth Montagu, Duchess of Buccleuch and Queensberry — Joy 55, Nostalgia 51, Interest 60
Portrait of Maria Walpole, Countess of Waldegrave, later Duchess of Gloucester — Joy 55, Interest 60, Nostalgia 50
Portrait of Mrs. Drummond — Joy 40, Nostalgia 40, Interest 50
Portrait of Peter Godfrey of Old Hall East Bergholt Suffolk — Joy 54, Interest 61, Nostalgia 50
Portrait of Richard Ottley — Joy 55, Interest 61, Nostalgia 50
Portrait of the Artist's Daughters — Joy 40, Nostalgia 40, Interest 50
Portrait of the Hon. Mrs Watson, Later Lady Sondes — Joy 60, Interest 65, Nostalgia 55
Portrait of Thomas Linley — Joy 40, Nostalgia 40, Interest 50
Robert Butcher of Walthamstan — Joy 40, Nostalgia 39, Interest 50
Rocky wooded landscape with waterfall, castle and mountain — Tension 60, Interest 60, Anger 25
Sir Henry Bate Dudley — Joy 45, Nostalgia 40, Anger 15
Study For "Charity Relieving Distress" — Nostalgia 60, Sadness 40, Tension 50
Study of willows — Joy 50, Nostalgia 45, Sadness 25
The Cottage Door — Nostalgia 45, Sadness 31, Tension 40
WC Stringer Lawrence — Nostalgia 50, Joy 45, Interest 55

Thomas Gainsborough

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