Ann Ford (later Mrs. Philip Thicknesse)

Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1760
Height:
197.2 cm  (77 5/8 in.)
Width:
134.9 cm  (53 1/8 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

    Item location

  • Cincinnati Art Museum
    [Museum inv. no.: 1927.396]

Description

Ann Ford Thicknesse was an 18th-century English musician and singer who played several instruments. She is depicted here playing a wire-strung English guitar.

People as subjects

Thicknesse, Ann (1737-1824) (Musician portrait)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

English guitar [3107]

Image URLs

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Bibliographic references

Leppert, Richard D. "Men, women, and music at home: the influence of cultural values on musical life in eighteenth-century England". Imago musicae 2 (1985) 51-133, fig. 29. RILM 1985-6899.

RIdIM record id

4554