Gainsborough : a portrait
Hamilton, James, 1948-2017
Book
Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) lived as if electricity shot through his sinews and crackled at his finger ends. He was a gentle and empathetic family man, but had a volatility that could lead him to slash his paintings, and a loose libidinous way of speaking, writing and behaving that shocked many deeply. In this exhilarating new biography - the first in decades - James Hamilton reveals Gainsborough in his many contexts.
Main title:
Gainsborough : a portrait / James Hamilton.
Author:
Hamilton, James, 1948-, author
Imprint:
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2017.
Collation:
xvi, 420 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781474600521 (hbk)
Dewey class:
759.2759.2 GAI
Language:
English
BRN:
2516090