# Johann Christian Bach

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## Artwork

- Artist: [GAINSBOROUGH, Thomas](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gainsborough-thomas-rcc453a7c6e99bc>)
- Date: 1751-1800
- Technique: Oil on canvas

## Commentary

The artist preferred the company of actors, artists, dramatists and musicians to that of politicians, writers or scholars, and was himself a talented amateur musician in addition to being a painter. Some of his finest portraits are of musicians and include the composer Karl Friedrich Abel \(San Marino, Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery\) and Johann Christian Bach. Listen to an &lt;A HREF=&#34;06jcbach.html&#34; onClick=&#34;w=window.open \(&#39;/music/18\_cent/bach\_jc/bjc17\_1.html&#39;, &#39;newWin&#39;, &#39;scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=no,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=300,height=300&#39;\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return false&#34;&gt;example&lt;/A&gt; of Johann Christian Bach&#39;s music.

## Related artworks

- [Conversation in a Park](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gainsborough-thomas-rcc453a7c6e99bc/conversation-in-a-park-r4d6cac048edea8>)
- [Elizabeth and Thomas Linley](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gainsborough-thomas-rcc453a7c6e99bc/elizabeth-and-thomas-linley-r658728c3f86048>)
- [Elizabeth Wrottesly](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gainsborough-thomas-rcc453a7c6e99bc/elizabeth-wrottesly-rde51fd08406a12>)
- [Isaac Henrique Sequeira](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gainsborough-thomas-rcc453a7c6e99bc/isaac-henrique-sequeira-rfd40c40761a447>)
- [Johann Christian Fischer](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gainsborough-thomas-rcc453a7c6e99bc/johann-christian-fischer-r0dee048659076e>)
- [Lady Alston](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gainsborough-thomas-rcc453a7c6e99bc/lady-alston-r72ba5d38aab68d>)
- [Lady Bate-Dudley](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gainsborough-thomas-rcc453a7c6e99bc/lady-bate-dudley-r623651145100b7>)
- [Landscape in Suffolk](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gainsborough-thomas-rcc453a7c6e99bc/landscape-in-suffolk-r31787d13db21d5>)
- [Mary, Countess of Howe](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gainsborough-thomas-rcc453a7c6e99bc/mary-countess-of-howe-r5c912272e90ec5>)
- [Master John Heathcote](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gainsborough-thomas-rcc453a7c6e99bc/master-john-heathcote-r7c4defd4120f7d>)
- [Mr and Mrs Andrews](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gainsborough-thomas-rcc453a7c6e99bc/mr-and-mrs-andrews-r24e93f610112b0>)
- [Mr and Mrs William Hallett \(&#39;The Morning Walk&#39;\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gainsborough-thomas-rcc453a7c6e99bc/mr-and-mrs-william-hallett-the-morning-walk-r66a4cdc245f35e>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)