These are the first three images of this painting that came up on the web and this is what I mean about the coloring being different everytime. I have happy, magical, childhood associations with the particular shade of pink of her dress but only the shade in the book. The first of these three comes close. Regardless, I love this painting because although I love the idea of a pastoral or nature setting, I rarely actually like those paintings. I love how Gainsborough, as the book says, "integrat(es) the woman into the landscape," especially by identifying her hair with the leaves of the tree making her look like a tree nymph. I also like her natural relaxed pose and the "feathery brushwork."
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