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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727-1788; Portraits Q-R

Catalogue reference: EKW/1/133

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EKW/1/133
Title
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727-1788; Portraits Q-R
Date
[1920s-1985]
Description

Includes:

-copy of letter from Waterhouse to Professor Joseph Burke, University of Melbourne, dated 27 October 1954, concerning a portrait of John Rawdon

-two letters from Lady Cunliffe, Graythwaite Hall, dated 20 January and 25 March 1978, concerning portraits of the Rash family

-pages 34 -36, from an unidentified sale catalogue, dated 1 November 1935, detailing lot 49, a portrait of Lord Charles Manners, 4th Duke of Rutland ('The Black Boy')

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Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
Language
English
Physical description
1 file (45 images; 3 letters; 1 extract from a sale catalogue)
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727-1788; Portraits Q-R