Gainsborough's family album / David H. Solkin, with Ann Bermingham and Susan Sloman.
Gainsborough's family album / David H. Solkin, with Ann Bermingham and Susan Sloman.
Gainsborough's family album / David H. Solkin, with Ann Bermingham and Susan Sloman.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
London : National Portrait Gallery, [2018]
Call Numbers
GQ 2019/0160
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MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
190 pages : color illustrations, color portraits, genealogical table ; 29 cm
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Director's foreword -- Curator's foreword -- Chronology -- The Gainsborough family tree -- Private and public relations : Gainsborough's family album / David H. Solkin -- Daughters and sisters : Gainsborough's portraits of Mary and Margaret / Ann Bermingham -- Women of consequence : Mrs Gainsborough...
Publication information
Publisher
London : National Portrait Gallery, [2018]
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
[2018]
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"I am sick of Portraits and wish very much to take up my Viol da Gamba and walk off to some sweet village when I can paint Landskips and enjoy the fag end of life in quietness and ease." Despite this famous protestation in a letter to his friend William Jackson, Thomas Gainsborough (1727-88) was clearly prepared to make an exception when it came to...
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Full title
Gainsborough's family album / David H. Solkin, with Ann Bermingham and Susan Sloman.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
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Notes
General note
Published to accompany the exhibition Gainsborough's family album, held at the National Portrait Gallery, London, 22 November 2018 to 3 February 2019, and Princeton University Art Museum, 23 February to 9 June 2019.
Includes bibliographical references (page 186) and index.
Contextual Information
Date Copyright
©2018
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
GQ 2019/0160
Record Identifier
74VKVyza2mxZ
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVyza2mxZ
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ISBN
1855147904 (hardback)
9781855147904 (hardback)
DDC
750
MMS ID
991024232314102626
