Reference code
AND/3/111
Title
[incomplete copy] [Thomas Gainsborough], to Hon. Mr. Stratford
Date
[c.1777]
Level
Item
Extent & medium
1 piece
Content Description
Partial transcription by Anderdon:
He is "daubing away" for the exhibition and has two large landscapes and three portraits ready. He reckons the landscapes his best. He thinks half-lengths are lost in the "monstrous large" room. He offers to retouch chalk drawings when he comes to town.
Anderdon notes, in May 1859, that he narrowly missed buying the letter and that it sold for 2 to 3 guineas.
Location of Originals
The fact Anderdon saw the original in a sale in 1859 is discouraging. But it is possible that the original letter resides with the archives of the Stratford family in the National Library of Ireland, NRA 31520 Stratford, or at the Public Record Office for Northern Ireland, D.2538.
Bibliography
Thomas Gainsborough, by William T. Whitley, London, 1915, p.141