The Mall in St. James's Park

The Mall in St. James's Park
ArtistThomas Gainsborough
Year1783
TypeOil on canvas, landscape painting
Dimensions120.6 cm × 147 cm (47.5 in × 58 in)
LocationFrick Collection, New York City

The Mall in St. James's Park is an oil on canvas painting by the British artist Thomas Gainsborough, from 1783.[1][2]

It features a view of St. James's Park, in London, displaying a view of fashionable figures in The Mall, near to the Royal residence at Buckingham House. Today the painting is in the Frick Collection, in New York, having been acquired in 1916.[3]

References

  1. ^ Dunning p.108
  2. ^ Hamilton p.XXXVI
  3. ^ "The Mall in St. James's Park". Frick Collection. Retrieved February 10, 2025.

Bibliography

  • Dunning, William. Changing Images of Pictorial Space: History of Spatial Illusion in Painting. Syracuse University Press, 1991.
  • Hamilton, James. Gainsborough: A Portrait. Hachette UK, 2017.