ID: 700009649 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009649	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Mr and Mrs Andrews (painting (visual work); Thomas Gainsborough; about 1750; National Gallery (London, Greater London, England, United Ki...; NG6301)

Note: Portrait of landed gentry, Robert Andrews of the Auberies and Frances Carter of Ballingdon House after their marriage. This portrait is the masterpiece of Gainsborough’s early career. It has been described as a ‘triple portrait’ – of Robert Andrews, his wife, and his land. Behind Mr and Mrs Andrews is a wide view looking south over the valley of the River Stour. Robert Andrews owned nearly 3000 acres and much of the land we see here belonged to him. Gainsborough has displayed his skills as a painter of convincingly changing weather and naturalistic scenery, which was still a novelty at this time. The unpainted patch on Mrs Andrews’s lap may have been reserved to later paint a baby.

Titles:

Mr and Mrs Andrews (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,P)

Robert Andrews and His Wife (C,U,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

painting (visual work) [300033618] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: about 1750

Creator Display:

Thomas Gainsborough [preferred]

painter Gainsborough, Thomas (English painter and draftsman, 1727-1788) [500115200]

Locations:

Current: National Gallery (London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom) [500125190] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: NG6301

Credit Line: Bought with contributions from The Pilgrim Trust, the Art Fund, Associated Television Ltd, and Mr and Mrs W. W. Spooner, 1960

Display Materials: Oil on canvas

	oil paint (paint) [300015050]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>)

	canvas (textile material) [300014078]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by process or technique>)

Dimensions: 69.8 x 119.4 cm

General Subject:

portraits (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	double portrait [300254374]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, portraits, group portraits) (AAT)

	Andrews, Robert (English landowner, 1725-1806) [500372816]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Andrews, Frances (English landowner, ca. 1732-1780) [500372817]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Mr and Mrs Andrews	........ [VP]
	........ National Gallery of Art London [online] (2000-)
Robert Andrews and His Wife	........ [VP]
	........ Janson, History of Art (1971) Colorplate 61

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... National Gallery of Art London [online] (2000-) https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/thomas-gainsborough-mr-and-mrs-andrews