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Thomas Linley the elder

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Original – Gainsborough painted several portraits of the talented Linley family; a successful teacher, musician and composer, Thomas senior's children were described by Charles Burney as a "Nest of Nightingales". The family had close ties with the Sheridan family (in fact, Elizabeth Ann Linley married Richard Brinsley Sheridan) and Linley senior had a share in the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. He appears to have been quite handsome and his children were said to be very attractive; Gainsborough never painted a portrait of Linley's wife though ...

Reason

Good scan of portrait of Thomas Linley senior by Gainsborough

Articles in which this image appears

Thomas Linley the elder; The Duenna, a comic opera composed with his son; and William Linley another of his children.

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings

Creator

Thomas Gainsborough

• Support as nominator – SagaciousPhil - Chat 10:18, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
• Support as a co-nom. ed.sumHafspajen (talk) 12:08, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
• Support - Good painting. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:50, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
• Support - Good scan- looks as if the painting has been wrecked by a restorer, with a scrubbing brush. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 11:32, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

• ^{You should use bread that you cheewed, not a joke.Hafspajen (talk) 15:03, 16 January 2015 (UTC)}

• Support – Nice work. Rreagan007 (talk) 00:40, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

Promoted File:Gainsborough, Thomas - Thomas Linley the elder - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 10:23, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

• Added image to Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment, as there is no article about the painting. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 10:23, 25 January 2015 (UTC)