Sloman, Susan Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788). Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British ArtBiblio.com
Gainsborough in Bath / Susan Sloman
2002328149New Haven : Yale University Press 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight bright clean and especially sharp-cornered. Provenance; from the library of Laurence with the owner's armorial bookplate. Physical description; 266 pages : illustrations some color maps ; 29 cm. Notes; Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Includes bibliographical references pages 252-254 and index. Contents; 1. Bath: 'the busiest idle place in the world' -- 2. Mrs Margaret Gainsborough: 'a prince's daughter' -- 3. 'Mr. Gainsborough' Arrives: Bath 1758-1759 -- 4. 'Your Likeness Man Tho Gainsborough' -- 5. 'Daubing away for the Exhibition': Show Pictures and Exhibitions -- 6. Portraits 'for Bread' and Portraits for Friends -- 7. 'Nature sat to Mr. Gainsborough' -- 8. 'Something more elevated': The Intellectual Elite of Bath -- 9. 'The coquetry of nature' -- 10. Gainsborough of Bath -- App. I. Artists in Bath in the Eighteenth Century -- App. II. Thomas Gainsborough's Account at Hoare's Bank Fleet Street -- App. III. Gainsborough's Portrait Prices -- App. IV. Gainsborough's Exhibited Portraits. Subjects; Gainsborough Thomas 1727-1788. Gainsborough Thomas 1727-1788 Homes and haunts England Bath. Gainsborough Thomas English painter and draftsman 1727-1788. Civilization. Painters. Painting British. Painters England ; Biography. Painters British 18th century ; Biography. Artists England ; Biography. Bath England Civilization 18th century. Bath England Intellectual life 18th century. Bath Somerset. Somerset - Bath. Bath England Civilization 18th century. Bath Avon. Genres; Bibliography. Biographies. Biography. Biography. Illustrated. New Haven : Yale University Press hardcover
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