Newspaper cutting, signed "J.S." and relating to Thomas Gainsborough

RA Collection: Archive

Archive context

Showing item 83 of 153 in this group

Reference code

AND/5/123

Title

Newspaper cutting, signed "J.S." and relating to Thomas Gainsborough

Date

[c.1850]

Level

Item

Extent & medium

1 piece

Content Description

Concerning a proposed biography of Gainsborough to be produced by the bookseller Fulcher. The writer draws attention to a pamphlet in his possession titled 'A Sketch of the Life and Paintings of Thomas Gainsborough', by Philip Thicknesse. Anderdon notes that this pamphlet is unknown to him.

Associated Material

'A Sketch of the Life and Paintings of Thomas Gainsborough, etc.', Philip Thicknesse, London 1788