Portrait of George Pitt, First Baron Rivers

Gainsborough’s 1769 portrait of George Pitt, First Baron Rivers, captures the English aristocrat in oil on canvas. Cleveland Museum of Art, 1971.2.

The painting measures the typical size for a portrait of its time. Gainsborough often used a light palette with easy strokes, evident here.

The Cleveland Museum of Art acquired this work, classified under English 18th-century culture. It remains in their collection today.

Gainsborough was known for his rapid painting technique. He preferred landscapes over portraits despite his success in the latter.

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, https://clevelandart.org/art/1971.2