
Thomas Gainsborough
Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan
1785-1787
oil on canvas
Andrew W. Mellon Collection
National Gallery of Art
circle of friends
being pursued across time
by emotions too large
for one life to contain
everything repeats itself
Ripples of the space time fabric
In a split second of frenzy
Ringing the universe like a bell
What is appropriate
To divine majesty
Late Period
Ptolemaic (early, ?)
Production date
450BC-300BC
Production place
Made in: Nile Delta (probably)
the British Museum