Portrait of Thomas Linley the Younger

Portrait of Thomas Linley the Younger
Artist	Thomas Gainsborough
Year	c.1772
Type	Oil on canvas, portrait painting
Dimensions	75.9 cm× 63.5 cm(29.9 in× 25.0 in)
Location	Dulwich Picture Gallery, London

Portrait of Thomas Linley the Younger is a c.1772 portrait painting by the English artist Thomas Gainsborough. It depicts the English musician and composer Thomas Linley the Younger, part of the Bath-based Linley musical family. ^{[1] [2]}

Due to his youthful talent and friendship with Wolfgang Mozart, whom he met while studying in Florence, he was later dubbed the "English Mozart". Linley drowned during a boating accident in Lincolnshire in 1778 at the age of 22.

At the time of the painting, Gainsborough was based in Bath, and was on friendly terms with the Linley family. His painting The Linley Sisters was displayed at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1772.

Today the painting is in the collection of the Dulwich Picture Gallery in London, having been part of the bequest of William Linley in 1835. ^[3]

See also

• Portrait of Thomas Linley the Elder , a 1770 painting by Gainsborough

References

1. Ingamells p.136
2. Perry p.150
3. https://www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/explore-the-collection/301-350/thomas-linley-the-younger/

Bibliography

• Hamilton, James. Gainsborough: A Portrait. Hachette UK, 2017.
• Ingamells, John. Dulwich Picture Gallery: British. Unicorn Press, 2019.
• Perry, Gillian. Spectacular Flirtations: Viewing the Actress in British Art and Theatre, 1768-1820. Yale University Press, 2007.
• Sloman, Susan & Fawcett, Trevor. Pickpocketing the Rich: Portrait Painting in Bath, 1720-1800. Holbourne Museum of Art, 2002.