File:Karl Friedrich Abel by Thomas Gainsborough.jpg

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Thomas Gainsborough: Karl Friedrich Abel  wikidata:Q28047741 reasonator:Q28047741
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Thomas Gainsborough  (1727–1788)  wikidata:Q192720 s:en:Author:Thomas Gainsborough q:en:Thomas Gainsborough
 
Thomas Gainsborough
Description British painter, engraver and drawer
Date of birth/death 14 May 1727 Edit this at Wikidata 2 August 1788 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Sudbury Edit this at Wikidata London Edit this at Wikidata
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Sudbury, London, Ipswich, Bath
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creator QS:P170,Q192720
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Karl Friedrich Abel Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"Karl Friedrich Abel Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"Karl Friedrich Abel Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Lpl,"Karl Friedrich Abel"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787) was a German composer of the Classical era. (The Chambers Biographical Dictionary gives his year of birth as 1725.)[1] He was a fine player on the viola da gamba, and composed important music for that instrument.
Depicted people Carl Friedrich Abel Edit this at Wikidata
Date circa  Edit this at Wikidata
Medium oil on canvas Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 126.7 cm (49.8 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 101.3 cm (39.8 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+126.7U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+101.3U174728
institution QS:P195,Q238587
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NPG 5947 (National Portrait Gallery) Edit this at Wikidata
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