Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Sloman, Susan
Title:
Gainsborough in London / Susan Sloman.
Published / Created:
London : Modern Art Press, 2021.

New Haven : Distributed by Yale University Press

©2021
Physical Description:
vi, 403 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, plans (some color), portraits (some color) ; 29 cm
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-384) and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- 'The sweet shady side of Pall-Mall': Gainsborough in London -- Inside 87 Pall Mall -- A 'pleasing sort of deceipt': in the painting room -- Gainsborough and Abel in London's musical world -- 'Squire Daubborough' and 'Sir Varnish Dundizzy': Gainborough and the Royal Academy -- 'The Apollo of the Palace' -- Portraits and patterns of patronage -- Landscape, composition and reproduction -- 'Simplicities and oddities': Gainsborough's fancy pictures -- 'A universal admirer of fine pictures'" Gainsborough and the art of Continental Europe -- 'Natural' and 'Universal' genius -- Epilogue.
Subject Terms:
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788 -- Criticism and interpretation. | Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788 -- Homes and haunts -- England -- London. | Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788 -- Pictorial works. | Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788. | Homes. | Criticism and interpretation. | England -- London.
Form/Genre:
Pictorial works. | Illustrated works. | Criticism, interpretation, etc. | Illustrated works.
Contributors:
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788. Works. Selections.