The story of British Art

1h
11 stops
English
Discover the connections between artists past and present in this tour that looks at the influence of European artists through the ages and how they helped shape Gainsborough and his approach to portraiture and landscapes.

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Tracks

Introduction

01:56 | Introduction

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'The Graham Children' by William Hogarth, 1742

01:08 | Room 34

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'The Painter’s Daughters chasing a Butterfly' by Thomas Gainsborough, probably about 1756

01:11 | Room 34

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'The Watering Place' by Thomas Gainsborough, before 1777

01:09 | Room 34

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'Mr and Mrs Andrews' by Thomas Gainsborough, about 1750

01:15 | Room 35

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'Portrait of Charles William Lambton (‘The Red Boy’)' by Thomas Lawrence, 1825

01:12 | Room 35

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'Mr and Mrs William Hallett ('The Morning Walk')' by Thomas Gainsborough, 1785

01:03 | Central Hall

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'Bacchus and Ariadne' by Titian, 1520–3

01:11 | Room 10

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'The Vendramin Family' by Titian, about 1540–45

01:09 | Room 9

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'Peasants with Cattle by a Stream in a Woody Landscape ('The Watering Place')' by Peter Paul Rubens, 1615–22

01:10 | Room 20

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'The Infant Saint John with the Lamb' by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, 1660–5

01:09 | Room 30

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Featured

The Graham Children

The Painter's Daughters chasing a Butterfly

The Watering Place

Mr and Mrs Andrews

Credits

© National Gallery

Venue

National Gallery

London

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