Edward Smith Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby (1752-1834)

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

One of the founders of the 18th-century British landscape school, Thomas Gainsborough was also the creator of the so-called ‘fancy picture’, depicting rustic figures - usually children - posed in rural settings. Born in Suffolk, he studied in London from about 1739 to 1748 under the French painter and engraver Hubert Gravelot and the British painter Francis Hayman at the St Martin’s Lane Academy. Gainsborough returned to Suffolk in 1748, where he worked as a landscape and portrait painter until 1759, before moving to Bath. There he quickly developed into a much sought-after society painter. In 1774, he moved to London where he exhibited his work in his studio. He died in London in 1788.

People

12th Earl of Derby Edward Smith Stanley (1752 - 1834)

Places

Subjects

male portrait, landscape C18th, 18th century costume, coat, waistcoat, cravat, Earl, balcony, curtain

Materials & Techniques

mezzotint

Artist

Thomas Gainsborough (1727 - 1788)
George Keating (1762 - 1842)

Title

Edward Smith Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby (1752-1834)

Date

published 20 May 1785

Medium

Mezzotint

Dimensions

height: 50.00 cm, width: 34.00 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Colnaghi, October 1953

GAC number

2314