Mrs. Thomas Gage

Mrs. Thomas Gage is a 1771 oil painting on canvas by John Singleton Copley.[1]

Mrs. Thomas Gage
The painting in the Timken Museum of Art in 2016
ArtistJohn Singleton Copley
Year1771 (1771)
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions127 cm × 101.6 cm (50 in × 40.0 in)
LocationTimken Museum of Art, San Diego, California, U.S.

The portrait depicts Margaret Kemble Gage, the American-born wife of the British General Thomas Gage, commander-in-chief of the British forces in North America. It was executed in New York during a six-month stay there by Bostonian Copley.

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