Caption:
Francis Basset - Lord de Dunstanville. Gainsborough. At St. Michael's Mount in Cornwall. During the reign of Queen Elizabeth it was given to Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, by whose son it was sold to Sir Francis Basset. Thomas Gainsborough (May 14, 1727 (baptised) - August 2, 1788) was one of the most famous portrait and landscape painters of 18th century Britain. ©TopFoto