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| Thomas Gainsborough
(1727 - 1788)
| Timeline |
| 1727 |
Born at Sudbury in Suffolk 14 May |
| 1740 |
Apprenticed under a French silver engraver, Hubert Gravelot |
| 1746 |
Marries Margaret Burr |
| 1759 |
Relocates to Bath |
| 1761 |
Exhibits at the first Society of Artist's exhibition in London |
| 1768 |
Original member of the Royal Academy |
| 1769 |
Exhibits in the first Royal Academy exhibition |
| 1773 |
Quarrels with the Royal Academy over the hanging of his pictures - he does not contribute to the Academy again until 1777
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| 1774 |
Moves to London |
| 1783 |
Travels in Antwerp |
| 1784 |
Quarrells again over the hanging of his paintings at the Royal Academy and withdraws his pictures from the exhibition - begins to have annual exhibitions of his work in his own studio |
| 1788 |
Dies 2 August of cancer |
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