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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727-1788; Portraits P

Catalogue reference: EKW/1/132

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EKW/1/132
Title
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727-1788; Portraits P
Date
[1920s-1985]
Description

Includes:

-letter from Derek Sherborn, dated 12 July 1967, concerning a portrait of Thomas Prowse

-research note concerning a portrait of Robert Palmer

-letter from M.E.M Fitz Gerald, Foreign and Government Office, dated 28 February 1969, concerning a portrait of Catherine Palmer

-letter from the National Portrait Gallery, dated 22 November 1955, concerning a portrait of Robert Palmer

-letter from Jerry Harwell, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, dated 24 December 1953, concerning a portrait of Theresa Parker

-summary description of portraits of the Phipps family

-copy of the following newspaper cutting: 'Is painting in Weston Town Hall a Gainsborough', Weston Mercury, 9 Sep 1960

-Talbot, William S (1971) 'Thomas Gainsborough: George Pitt, First Lord Rivers', The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, November 197. p258-268

-letter from Brendn Uncelli, University of Toronto, dated 31 May 1980, concerning a portrait of William Pitt the Younger

-unpublished draft article by William Roberts, titled 'the Romance of Three Gainsborough's', dated 1911

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Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
Language
English
Physical description
1 file (75 images;
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727-1788; Portraits P