Thomas Gainsborough, like the poet with the two mistresses
Before entering the exhibition rooms, I heard art historian Lindsay Stainton saying to BBC News: “Good God. That’s a study for Cornard Wood, and all of these are early Gainsborough drawings.”
Good God indeed. What a Aha! Eureka moment!
Exhibiting Art in Georgian Ireland
A review of Exhibiting Art in Georgian Ireland – The Society of Artists’ Exhibitions Recreated, an exhibition organised by the Irish Georgian Society to mark the restoration of the City Assembly House and to celebrate the Society of Artists in Ireland who erected the building over 250 years ago.