Gainsborough’s nephew at the British Museum

4/10/25 - Acquisitions - London, British Museum - Thomas Gainsborough had only one assistant — his nephew, Gainsborough Dupont — who is better known today for his face than for his brush, having sat for the master on several occasions. He joined his uncle’s studio in 1772, where he copied paintings, and completed his training at the Royal Academy in 1775. Upon Gainsborough’s death in 1788, Dupont took over his studio and produced portraits clearly influenced by the work of his illustrious predecessor, counting among his sitters King George III.

But he also turned to landscape painting, as…