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01451aam a2200241 i 4500 001 D70FF44037B411EC8EFC017F3CECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20211028010053 008 210409s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 020 $a 0956800785 020 $a 9780956800787 040 $d TxAuBib $e rda $d SILO 100 1 $a Sloman, Susan. 245 1 $a Gainsborough in London / $c Susan Sloman. 264 1 $a London : $b Modern Art Press, $c 2021. 300 $a 403 pages : $b b&w and color images ; $c 29 cm. 500 $a A fuller, richer picture of an artist at the height of his powers Thomas Gainsboroughâs (1727â88) London years, from 1774 to 1788, were the pinnacle and conclusion of his career. They coincided with the establishment of the Royal Academy, of which Gainsborough was a founding member, and the cityâs ascendance as a center for the arts. This is a meticulously researched and readable account of how Gainsborough designed his home and studio and maintained a growing schedule of influential patrons, making a place for himself in the art world of late-18th-century London. New material about Gainsboroughâs technique is based on examinations of his pictures and firsthand accounts by studio visitors. 541 $d 20210409. 650 $a Art historians. 653 $a Great Britain -- History. 941 $a 1 952 $l NYPE343 $d 20211028021756.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D70FF44037B411EC8EFC017F3CECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search