Gainsborough Dupont: A Legacy of Landscape and Light Gainsborough Dupont (1754-1797) stands as a quietly significant figure in British art, often overshadowed by the brilliance of his uncle, Thomas Gainsborough. Born on December 20th, 1754, in Sudbury, Suffolk, Dupont’s artistic journey was inextricably linked to that of his renowned relative – initially as a pupil and later as a dedicated copyist and interpreter of Gainsborough's dis…