The Birdnester · At the 1884 Whitechapel Exhibition

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Title: The Birdnester
Actual Title: The Boy
Artist: Thomas Gainsborough
Artist Full Name: Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788)
Status: R.A.
Date (Painted or Exhibited): 1785
Type: oil on canvas
Size (HxW mm): 685 x 492
Current Location: Private collection
Lent By: S. Sandars, Esq.
Catalog Number: 120
Catalog Page: 17
Catalog Description: A beautiful picture of a child who thinks and feels more than he can say. There is a look in his eyes which shows that conscience is troublesome after thoughtlessness; for "Evil is wrough by want of thought As well as want of heart." --T. Hood.
Alt-Text: A barefoot child in tattered clothes stands outside, holding a small dog in one arm and a red jug in the other, with a natural landscape and cloudy sky in the background.
Image Credit: Public Domain / Wikimedia commons