In Fiction and Music
- Kitty (1945) is a notable fictional film about Gainsborough, portrayed by Cecil Kellaway.
- In the song 20th Century Man from the Kinks' 1971 album Muswell Hillbillies, Ray Davies lists Gainsborough as one of the painters he prefers to "your smart modern painters."
Read more about this topic: Thomas Gainsborough
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