Gainsborough

Name: Gainsborough
Author: Rothschild, Max
Rothschild, Max
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727-1788
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Gainsborough

By Max Rothschild




"MASTERPIECES IN COLOUR" SERIES


ARTIST.                 AUTHOR.

VELAZQUEZ.              S. L. BENSUSAN.
REYNOLDS.               S. L. BENSUSAN.
TURNER.                 C. LEWIS HIND.
ROMNEY.                 C. LEWIS HIND.
GREUZE.                 ALYS EYRE MACKLIN.
BOTTICELLI.             HENRY B. BINNS.
ROSSETTI.               LUCIEN PISSARRO.
BELLINI.                GEORGE HAY.
FRA ANGELICO.           JAMES MASON.
REMBRANDT.              JOSEF ISRAELS.
LEIGHTON.               A. LYS BALDRY.
RAPHAEL.                PAUL G. KONODY.
HOLMAN HUNT.            MARY E. COLERIDGE.
TITIAN.                 S. L. BENSUSAN.
MILLAIS.                A. LYS BALDRY.
CARLO DOLCI.            GEORGE HAY.
GAINSBOROUGH.           MAX ROTHSCHILD.
TINTORETTO.             S. L. BENSUSAN.
LUINI.                  JAMES MASON.
FRANZ HALS.             EDGCUMBE STALEY.
VAN DYCK.               PERCY M. TURNER.
LEONARDO DA VINCI.      M. W. BROCKWELL.
RUBENS.                 S. L. BENSUSAN.
WHISTLER.               T. MARTIN WOOD.
HOLBEIN.                S. L. BENSUSAN.
BURNE-JONES.            A. LYS BALDRY.
VIGÉE LE BRUN.          C. HALDANE MACFALL.
CHARDIN.                PAUL G. KONODY.
FRAGONARD.              C. HALDANE MACFALL.
MEMLINC.                W. H. J. & J. C. WEALE.
CONSTABLE.              C. LEWIS HIND.
RAEBURN.                JAMES L. CAW.
JOHN S. SARGENT.        T. MARTIN WOOD.
LAWRENCE.               S. L. BENSUSAN.
DÜRER.                  H. E. A. FURST.
MILLET.                 PERCY M. TURNER.
WATTEAU.                C. LEWIS HIND.
HOGARTH.                C. LEWIS HIND.
MURILLO.                S. L. BENSUSAN.
WATTS.                  W. LOFTUS HARE.
INGRES.                 A. J. FINBERG.
COROT.                  SIDNEY ALLNUTT.
DELACROIX.              PAUL G. KONODY.

_Others in Preparation._


PLATE I.--MRS. SIDDONS. (Frontispiece)

     This famous portrait of Mrs. Siddons was painted in 1784.
     It is one of the chief ornaments in the National Gallery,
     London. It represents the celebrated actress in her
     twenty-ninth year. The picture was purchased in 1862 from
     a relative of Mrs. Siddons.

[Illustration: PLATE I.--MRS. SIDDONS.]




Gainsborough

BY MAX ROTHSCHILD

ILLUSTRATED WITH EIGHT
REPRODUCTIONS IN COLOUR

[Illustration]

LONDON: T. C. & E. C. JACK
NEW YORK: FREDERICK A. STOKES CO.




CONTENTS


                                                            Page

  I. Painting in England before Gainsborough                  11

 II. Gainsborough's Early Life--Ipswich and Bath              25

III. Gainsborough's Life in London--Last Years and Death      46

 IV. Gainsborough's Works                                     65




LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS


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