ART WORKS LOST
.TOWN HALL GUTTED
£40,000 GAINSBOROUGH
STR AT OFRD-ON - A V ON
(10 a.m.) LONDON, Dec. 5. A Gainsborough valued at £40,000 is believed to be among treasures lost in a fire which, early yesterday, badly damaged the Stratford-on-Avon Town Hall.
The Town Hall was rebuilt by David Garrick in 1769. The Gainsborough was a painting of Garrick with his arm round a bust of Shakespeare.
The Town Hall contained other valuable pictures, including a painting of Shakespeare by Benjamin Wilson, dated 1769.
Firemen salvaged the town's ancient charter, mace and Garrick’s walking St The Gainsborough was completely destroyed. An art expert said the picture was the most famous of five which Gainsborough painted of Garrick. It was painted at Bath in 1765 and was about 10ft. high by 4ft.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22197, 6 December 1946, Page 5
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