# Mrs. Paul Cobb Methuen, in Thomas Gainsborough

Thomas Gainsborough painted this in about 1776/1777, aged about 49. It is now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

Our note:

> Mrs. Paul Cobb Methuen, her powdered hair piled high beneath a bank of white feathers and sparkling ornaments, glances sideways out of a dark background, her white dress trimmed with pearls and shimmering from silver to pale gold.

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## The work

- Date: c. 1776/1777
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Dimensions: overall: 84 x 71 cm (33 1/16 x 27 15/16 in.)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942.9.20
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Thomas Gainsborough](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/thomas-gainsborough), English, 1727–1788

Gainsborough trained in London with the French engraver Hubert Gravelot, then built his career as a portraitist first in Suffolk and later in fashionable Bath before moving to London in 1774.

4 works in the collection.

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