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Who is Frances Browne, Mrs John Douglas?

Thomas Gainsborough (1727 – 1788) was an English portrait and landscape painter, draughtsman, and printmaker. One of his sitters was Frances Browne, Mrs John Douglas, who appears to be born in 1741 and died in 1811.

The portrait hangs in Waddesdon Hall, the property of the Rothschild Family.

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Added by William Douglas on May 13, 2020 at 15:30 — 1 Comment

Lord Morton’s hints

James Douglas was the 14^th Earl of Morton, a Scottish peer dedicated to science with a keen interest in astronomy. He was a founding member and President of the Society for Improving Arts and Sciences in Edinburgh, and elected as President of the Royal Society in London in 1763.

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Added by William Douglas on May 8, 2020 at 9:30 — No Comments

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