Portrait of John Langston 1787
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"Portrait of John Langston" is a portrait by the English artist Thomas Gainsborough, painted in 1787. The painting, which is currently housed at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, depicts John Langston standing against a backdrop of a red curtain and a window with a view of a landscape. Langston is dressed in a fashionable blue coat and white cravat, holding a hat in his hand. The painting is characteristic of Gainsborough's style, with a focus on the subject's elegant pose and a painterly approach to the brushstrokes. The portrait showcases Gainsborough's talent for capturing the essence of his sitter, presenting John Langston as a gentleman of refined taste and stature.
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John Langston, Esquire, was a country gentleman in England of great standing. His dark suit with ruffled blouse and powdered wig are of-the-moment fashion. Langston is standing before an open window depicting a bucolic countryside, perhaps meant to represent his own land holdings in Sarsden. Thomas Gainsborough was one of the most talented and sought-after British portraitists of the 18th century. While he maintained that landscape painting was his first love, his numerous portraits of English nobility brought him great financial rewards.
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