Detail of Queen Charlotte by Thomas Gainsborough (c. 1781).

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"The portrait of Sancho is a rare depiction of an African in eighteenth-century Europe shown not as an enslaved person, servant or caricature, but as a gentleman...[H]e became famous for his correspondence with the author Laurence Sterne and for the grocers that he ran in Westminster. He was the first African to receive an obituary in the British press."
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My home town is the birth place of Thomas Gainsborough. The house he was born in, which was a museum has been transformed into the biggest art gallery in Suffolk. I have visited many times and look forward to visiting many more exhibitions at the new gallery. https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/23129120.suffolk-gainsboroughs-house-sudbury-reopens-revamp/ #Thomasgainsborough #Sudbury #Beautifulsuffolk #Artgallery #cornardwood #Johnconstable #Stourvalley #Historicsudbury

IMy home town is the birth place of Thomas Gainsborough. The house he was born in, which was a museum has been transformed into the biggest art gallery in Suffolk. I have visited many times and look forward to visiting many more exhibitions at the new gallery. https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/23129120.suffolk-gainsboroughs-house-sudbury-reopens-revamp/ #thomasgainsborough #sudbury #beautifulsuffolk #artgallery #cornardwood #johnconstable #stourvalley #historicsudbury