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Thomas Gainsborough: Johann Christian Bach  wikidata:Q28048028 reasonator:Q28048028
Artist
Thomas Gainsborough  (1727–1788)  wikidata:Q192720 s:en:Author:Thomas Gainsborough q:en:Thomas Gainsborough
 
Thomas Gainsborough
Description British painter, engraver and drawer
Date of birth/death 14 May 1727 Edit this at Wikidata 2 August 1788 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Sudbury Edit this at Wikidata London Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q192720
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Johann Christian Bach
label QS:Len,"Johann Christian Bach"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Description
Portrait of Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782)
Depicted people Johann Christian Bach Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1776
date QS:P571,+1776-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 75.5 cm (29.7 in); width: 62 cm (24.4 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,75.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,62U174728
institution QS:P195,Q238587
Accession number
NPG 5557
Object history
  • 1776: commissioned by Johann Christian Bach
  • 1983: purchased by National Portrait Gallery
Notes This set of images was gathered by User:Dcoetzee from the National Portrait Gallery, London website using a special tool. All images in this batch have been confirmed as author died before 1939 according to the official death date listed by the NPG. See source website for additional information.
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National Portrait Gallery: NPG 5557

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