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Events on Saturday 2 August 1788 1
1727 – 1788Thomas GainsboroughRococo · EnglandThomas Gainsborough (May 14, 1727 – August 2, 1788) was an English portrait and landscape painter, one of the founders of the Royal Academy. His Blue Boy and Mr and Mrs Andrews are among the most celebrated British paintings.