NATIONAL GALLERY
The story of British Art
Discover the connections between artists past and present in this tour that looks at the influence of European artists through the ages and how they helped shape Gainsborough and his approach to portraiture and landscapes.
This tour is in celebration of Gainsborough's masterpiece 'The Blue Boy' being on display at the National Gallery for the first time in a century....
1h
Stops
Introduction
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1:56
'The Graham Children' by William Hogarth, 1742
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1:08
'The Painter’s Daughters chasing a Butterfly' by Thomas Gainsborough, probably about 1756
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1:11
'The Watering Place' by Thomas Gainsborough, before 1777
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1:09
'Mr and Mrs Andrews' by Thomas Gainsborough, about 1750
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1:15
'Portrait of Charles William Lambton (‘The Red Boy’)' by Thomas Lawrence, 1825
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1:12
'Mr and Mrs William Hallett ('The Morning Walk')' by Thomas Gainsborough, 1785
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1:03
'Bacchus and Ariadne' by Titian, 1520–3
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1:11
'The Vendramin Family' by Titian, about 1540–45
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1:09
'Peasants with Cattle by a Stream in a Woody Landscape ('The Watering Place')' by Peter Paul Rubens, 1615–22
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1:10
'The Infant Saint John with the Lamb' by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, 1660–5
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1:09
Credits
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