Gainsborough of the Day

Jun 12, 2008 22:28

Haven't done one of these in a fair bit, but I ran across this heretofore-unseen-by-me Gainsborough painting whilst hunting up the link for Mrs. Siddons, and it felt like a far more appropriate 'final post' than the previous one :p

Portrait of Maria Walplole, Countess of Waldegrave, later Duchess of Gloucester (1736-1807), in a Black Mourning Dress




For our purposes we shall say that Her Grace is in mourning for the demise of the Philly Wi-Fi network. Let us all mourn along with her T_T

gainsborough, art, 18th century, portraits

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