Mrs. Thomas Gage (Margaret Kemble)
1771 · Oil on canvas · Timken Museum of Art, San Diego
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This print

About this work
- Artist
- John Singleton Copley (1738–1815)
- Year
- 1771
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 127 × 101.6 cm
- Collection
- Timken Museum of Art, San Diego
- Movement
- Colonial American
Margaret Kemble Gage, born in New Jersey and married to the British general Thomas Gage, reclines on a blue sofa in a Turkish-style dress and turban, chin resting on her hand. Copley painted her in New York in 1771, and the portrait is widely regarded as his finest of a woman. It is in the Timken Museum of Art, San Diego.
This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
An elegant reclining portrait in rose, blue and gold for a bedroom, sitting room or hallway in a dark wood frame. It suits deep blue, blush or cream walls.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Colonial American painting
- Era
- 18th century (1771)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cream & beige
- Mood
- intimate
- Rooms
- bedroom, hallway or entryway, living room, dining room, dorm room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
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A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.

























