Museum number
A365
Object
Framed oil painting: Dr Rice Charleton (1710–1789) by Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788), oil on canvas c.1764
Materials
Oil
On display?
Yes

Further description

Simple name
Painting
Subject
Portrait
Dimensions
framed: 11.5000cm (d) x 266.0000cm (h) x 189.0000cm (w)
regular: 152.0cm (h) x 229.0cm (w)
Dr Rice Charleton (1710-1789) Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) Oil on canvas, 1764 Dr Charleton was one of Bath’s most renowned physicians. Medical men were very powerful in Bath and their patronage was important for Gainsborough. Charleton was Gainsborough’s family doctor and friend. He collected many paintings by the artist, including landscapes. Some may have been given to him by Gainsborough as payment for medical treatment. By depicting his friend in a landscape, the artist presents the doctor as a man of feeling as well as science. A365 Bequest of Ernest E. Cook through the Art Fund, 1955

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