Skip to main content

Mrs John Kirby: 645

An image of Painting

Terms of use

These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.

Download this image

Creative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.

Alternative views

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Mrs John Kirby

Maker(s)

Painter: Gainsborough, Thomas

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: Rev. Kirby Trimmer (d. 1887); anon. sale, Christie's (=W. Forster, executor of the Rev. Kirby Trimmer), 12 May 1888 (61, with no. 644), bt. Murray

Measurements and weight

Height: 75.2 cm
Weight: 6.5 kg
Width: 62.7 cm

Relative size of this object

62.7 cm75.2 cm What does this represent?

Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1908) by Murray, Charles Fairfax

Dating

Production date: after AD 1748 : Uncertain dates

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Oil paint

Components of the work

Support composed of canvas

Techniques used in production

Painting (image-making) : Oil on canvas

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: there are two labels, giving her name, one of them possibly written by the Rev. Kirby Trimmer
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: MS
  • Type: Label

References and bibliographic entries

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: 645
Primary reference Number: 3238
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 15 August 2022 Last processed: Thursday 16 March 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Mrs John Kirby" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/3238 Accessed: 2023-03-21 17:52:32

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/3238 |title=Mrs John Kirby |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2023-03-21 17:52:32|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-3238

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp2/645.jpg"
        alt="Mrs John Kirby"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Mrs John Kirby</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>
    

Please enter your name as you would like to be addressed
Please enter your email address
The object accession number - this is prefilled
Please enter your query with as much detail as possible

More objects and works of art you might like

John Kirby

Accession Number: 644

Joshua Kirby

Accession Number: 709

Joshua Kirby

Accession Number: P.9995-R

Halfpenny

Accession Number: CM.P.328-1960

Suggested products from Curating Cambridge

You might be interested in this...

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...