Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 217
r show for Rey-nolds than we can point to forhis great rival Gainsborough.In many ways Gainsborough was the antithesis of Sir Joshua,which makes it difficult to avoid a comparison when writing of theirart. Gainsborough was the younger by four years. He was born in Suffolk in 1727. Withthe exception… … graver, his whole active career dividesitself into three periods of four-teen years each : from 1 746 to1 760 at Ipswich ; from 1 760 to1774 at Bath ; from 1774 tohis death in 1788 in London.He never left his own country,and within it his travelling wasconfined to one or two excursionsinto Wales…
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