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Gainsborough - A Portrait; Buxton Book Weekend

Author James Hamilton talks about artist Thomas Gainsborough (1727–88) the easy-going Suffolk lad, transported to the heights of fashion by a natural talent; the rake-on-the-make in London, learning his art in the shadow of Hogarth; falling on his feet when he married a duke’s daughter with a handsome private income; the top society-portrait painter in Bath and London who earned huge sums by bringing the right people into his studio; the charming and amusing friend of George III and Queen Char
Noon to 1pm; £10.50.
Pavilion Arts Centre, 22 St Johns Road, Buxton, Derbyshire SK17 6XN
Fri 24 Nov 2017
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