Gainsborough Dupont (1754-1797), Painter and mezzotint engraver
Sitter in 2 portraits
Artist associated with 10 portraits
Painter and engraver, Gainsborough Dupont was the nephew and assistant of Thomas Gainsborough. He made copies of his master's work and also completed several of his prints at his death. Dupont's best-known works are his portraits of actors, but he also produced successful landscapes.
William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville
by Gainsborough Dupont
oil on canvas, circa 1790
On display at Palace of Westminster, London
NPG 5715
William Thomas Lewis as Mercutio in 'Romeo and Juliet'
by Gainsborough Dupont
oil on canvas, feigned oval, 1794
NPG 5148
by John Jones, published by Gainsborough Dupont, after Thomas Spence Duché
mezzotint, published 20 May 1794
NPG D37518
by John Jones, published by Gainsborough Dupont, after Thomas Spence Duché
mezzotint, published 20 May 1794
NPG D4771
by Valentine Green, after Gainsborough Dupont, and after Francis Cotes, and after Richard Morton Paye, and after Lemuel Francis Abbott
mezzotint, published 1799
NPG D11103
by Gainsborough Dupont, after Thomas Gainsborough
mezzotint, published 1 December 1779
NPG D40167
by Francesco Bartolozzi, after Gainsborough Dupont
stipple engraving, 1790
NPG D40239
by and published by John Jones, after Gainsborough Dupont
mezzotint, published 1 January 1794
NPG D38148
by William Dickinson, after Gainsborough Dupont
mezzotint, (1794)
NPG D40492
by Richard Earlom, published by Josiah Boydell, after Gainsborough Dupont
mezzotint, published 1 August 1806 (1792)
NPG D40240
All paintings by this artist on the BBC Your Paintings website
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