The newly married Robert and Frances Andrews pose under an oak at the edge of their Suffolk estate, he with gun and dog, she seated in pale blue silk. Thomas Gainsborough, then about 23, gave the wheat fields and open view almost as much room as the sitters. Once loved for its charm, it is now also read as a portrait of property.
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Mrs Andrews's lap was left as bare canvas. It has been suggested that it was meant to hold a game bird, a book or a future child.
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