Gainsborough's Family Album

by Thomas Gainsborough

"I am sick of Portraits and wish very much to take up my Viol da Gamba and walk off to some sweet village when I can paint Landskips and enjoy the fag end of life in quietness and ease." Despite this famous protestation in a letter to his friend William Jackson, Thomas Gainsborough (1727-88) was clearly prepared to make an exception when it came to making portraits of his own family and himself. This book features over 50 portraits of himself,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1855147904
• ISBN13: 9781855147904
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: National Portrait Gallery
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 3.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.7" x 11.1"