Gainsborough Dupont

Gainsborough Dupont (20 December 1754 – 20 January 1797) was a British artist, the nephew and pupil of Thomas Gainsborough, R.A. Dupont was born in Sudbury, Suffolk, on 20 December 1754[2] the eldest son of Thomas Gainsborough's sister Sarah, and her husband Philip Dupont.

[2][3] He also trained at the Royal Academy Schools, where he became a student in March 1775.

His principal work is a large picture containing the portraits of the elder brethren of Trinity House, which is in their court-room on Tower Hill.

[4] From 1779 onwards, Dupont made a series of mezzotints after Gainsborough's portraits.

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Portrait of Gainsborough Dupont by Thomas Gainsborough , now in Tate Britain
Dupont has been speculated to be the subject of " The Blue Boy " (1770) by Thomas Gainsborough. [ 1 ]
Gainsborough Dupont - A Wooded Landscape with Cattle and Herdsman