Chapter I: Front Matter

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. VIGEE 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. DUeRER. 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.

Gainsborough

BY MAX ROTHSCHILD

ILLUSTRATED WITH EIGHT REPRODUCTIONS IN COLOUR

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

CONTENTS

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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

Plate

I. Mrs. Siddons Frontispiece
At the National Gallery, London
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II. Ralph Schomberg, M.D. 14
At the National Gallery, London

III. Queen Charlotte 24
At the South Kensington Museum

IV. "The Blue Boy" 34
At Grosvenor House

V. The Hon. Mrs. Graham 40
At the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh

VI. The Duchess of Devonshire 50
In the collection of Earl Spencer, K.G.

VII. Mrs. Robinson--"Perdita" 60
At the Wallace Collection

VIII. Miss Haverfield 70
At the Wallace Collection