| The Baillie Family | |
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| Artist | Thomas Gainsborough |
| Year | 1784 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, portrait painting |
| Dimensions | 250 cm× 227.8 cm(98 in× 89.7 in) |
| Location | Tate Britain , London |
The Baillie Family is a 1784 portrait painting by the British artist Thomas Gainsborough. A group portrait, it depicts the family of the Scottish merchant and politician James Baillie. [1] The family were wealthy through their involvement in the West Indian plantation system and ownership of slaves. They lived at Ealing Grove mansion, then in Middlesex. [2]
This was one of the works that Gainsborough was due to show at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1784 at Somerset House in London]. Due a dispute over the hanging of another of his paintings The Three Eldest Princesses , all of Gainsborough submissions including The Baillie Family were withdrawn from display and he did not exhibit at the Royal Academy for the remainder of his career. [3]
The painting is today in the collection of the Tate Britain in Pimlico, having been bequeathed to the nation in 1868. [4]
