A catalogue of the pictures and drawings in the National loan exhibition, in aid of National gallery funds, held in the Grafton Galleries, London (1909-1910) (1909) (14576929089)

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Title: A catalogue of the pictures and drawings in the National loan exhibition, in aid of National gallery funds, held in the Grafton Galleries, London (1909-1910)
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: National Loan Exhibition (1909-1910 : London, England) Cook, Herbert Frederick, Sir, 1868-1939 Brockwell, Maurice Walter, 1869-1958 Grafton Galleries (London, England)
Subjects: Art
Publisher: London : W. Heinemann
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive



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B 9T. GAINSBOROUGH, R.A.: 1727-1788 English School PORTRAIT OF LADY I.E DESPENCER UST length ; turned very slightly to the left ; low-cut dress ;black, hat and feathers, dark blackground. Canvas. 29 in. x 24 in. (0.737 x 0.61). Painted in a feigned oval on a rectangular canvas. Painted about 1780. Sir W. Armstrong: Gainsborough, 1898, p. ix and p. 198. Exhibited at Burlington House, Old Masters, 1896, No. 29. Lent by Viscount Iveagh, K.P. 13 10T. GAINSBOROUGH, R.A.: 1727-1788 English SchoolTHE COTTAGE GIRL A GIRL in a dark red skirt and puce-coloured dress, her neck andshoulders bare, is holding before her a bundle of faggots. Fulllength, life-size figure. She is standing, her body directed towardsthe front ; her head is turned three-quarters to the left. In the leftforeground is a withered tree ; in the background to the right acottage, trees and a view of distant hills. Canvas. 66; in. x 49 in. (1.694 x 1.244).Lent by Captain Abdy. 15
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11 T. GAINSBOROUGH, R.A.: 1727-1788 English SchoolPORTRAIT OF MISS TYLER OF BATH HALF-FIGURE, Seated, her body turned three-quarters to the left ;she leans her head on her left hand, her chin being slightlyraised ; pink, figured dress, low-cut bodice ; in the background ared curtain is withdrawn to reveal a peep of landscape. One of Gainsboroughs notable patrons at Bath was the second ViscountBateman, and near the end of his stay in that city the painter made a visit toShobdon Court, in Herefordshire, where Lord Bateman lived. . . . Among thesame group of works may be reckoned the Portrait of Miss Tyler of Shobdon,perhaps painted at the same time. This lady was an aunt of Robert Southey,who thus describes her : The walls of her drawing-room were covered with aplain green paper, the floor with a Turkey carpet. There hung her ownportrait by Gainsborough, with a curtain to preserve the frame from flies andthe colour from the sun. She was remarkably beautiful, so far as any face canbe cal