GAINSBOROUGH PORTRAIT
Auckland Gallery Purchase "The Press’ Special Service AUCKLAND, May 2. A portrait of the Bishop of Exeter, painted by Thomas Gainsborough between 1759 and 1762 in Bath, has been bought for £l6OO by the Mackelvie Trust for the Auckland Art Gallery Its previous history is unknown but it passed through Christie’s, London. last year. Measuring 49 inches by 40 inches, the painting has been hung in the office of the director of the gallery (Mr P. A. Tomory) for viewing by members of the trust. It belongs to Gainsborough's early Bath period. He moved there from Ipswich in 1759. It is believed that Gainsborough obtained the commission to paint the bishop through a friend, William Jackson, organist and lay vicar at Exeter Cathedral
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Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29194, 3 May 1960, Page 23
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125GAINSBOROUGH PORTRAIT Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29194, 3 May 1960, Page 23
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