# Portrait of Mary Anne Jolliffe

- By: Gainsborough Dupont (British, 1754–1797)
- Date: after 1788
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Unframed: 75.5 x 63.5 cm (29 3/4 x 25 in.)
- Culture: England, 18th century
- Credit line: Bequest of John L. Severance
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.640)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/1942.640/1942.640_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The only assistant his famous uncle ever had, Gainsborough Dupont apprenticed with Thomas Gainsborough before setting up his own studio. It is often difficult to distinguish the late works of both artists. This painting is among Dupont’s best portraits. He captures the beauty of his sitter with soft, flickering brushstrokes, detailing her frilly collar and impressive hairstyle, curled and powdered according to the current style. This portrait originally hung alongside that of her husband Thomas in the drawing room of the couple’s home, Ammerdown House in Somerset, where Thomas’s portrait still hangs today.