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Gainsborough was only 21-years-old when he produced this painting for the Court Room at the Foundling Hospital. Gainsborough’s picture is one of eight roundels of hospitals and other charitable institutions painted by various artists for the Court Room. Of the artists who donated their work, Gainsborough was the youngest and, in the opinion of the antiquary George Vertue, his picture was the best. In November 1748 he appeared in a list of 'esteemed eminent painters' in the 'Universal Magazine', alongside William Hogarth, Allan Ramsay, Samuel Scott and Joshua Reynolds. Although he relied heavily on portrait work, or 'Face-painting' as he called it, for his livelihood, Gainsborough's heart lay in landscape painting. The Charterhouse was founded in 1611 by Thomas Sutton as a hospital for pensioners and a school for boys.
Foundling Museum
London
Title
The Charterhouse
Date
1748
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 55.8 x W 55.8 cm
Accession number
FM21
Acquisition method
presented by the artist, 1748
Work type
Painting
Foundling Museum
40 Brunswick Square, London, Greater London WC1N 1AZ England
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