Image: Karl Friedrich Abel by Thomas Gainsborough

Description: Carl Friedrich Abel 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.
Title: Portrait of Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787) 
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Author: Thomas Gainsborough
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License: Public domain
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