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Title: A catalogue of the pictures and drawings in the National loan exhibition, in aid of National gallery funds, held in the Grafton Galleries, London (1909-1910)
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: National Loan Exhibition (1909-1910 : London, England) Cook, Herbert Frederick, Sir, 1868-1939 Brockwell, Maurice Walter, 1869-1958 Grafton Galleries (London, England)
Subjects: Art
Publisher: London : W. Heinemann
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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he open book on thetable ; (5) Mr. Richard Thompson, standing at the back slightlyto the right of the centre of the composition, with his right handraises his glass above his head ; a sash of office is over his rightshoulder ; (6) Mr. Spencer Stanhope, standing and seen in profileto the left, in his right hand holds a glass before him ; on the right(7) Mr. John Lewin Smyth, of Heath, resting his left hand onthe table (on the edge of which he is sitting), looks inwards towardsthe open book. Canvas. 78 in. x 59 in. (1.98 i x 1.498). Painted 1777-1779. Engraved by C. Turner, A.R.A., for the Dilettanti Society, and by C. A. Tomkins in i 863. II Graves and Cronin : History of the JVorks of Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A.y1899, vol. i. p. 253. Exhibited at the British Institution, 1846, No. 93; also at the NationalPortrait Exhibition, 1868, No. 940; also at the Grosvenor Gallery, 1883,No. 21. Companion picture to No. 7. Lent to the National Gallery, 1886-1893. Lent by the Dilettanti Society. 12
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B 9T. GAINSBOROUGH, R.A.: 1727-1788 English School PORTRAIT OF LADY I.E DESPENCER UST length ; turned very slightly to the left ; low-cut dress ;black, hat and feathers, dark blackground. Canvas. 29 in. x 24 in. (0.737 x 0.61). Painted in a feigned oval on a rectangular canvas. Painted about 1780. Sir W. Armstrong: Gainsborough, 1898, p. ix and p. 198. Exhibited at Burlington House, Old Masters, 1896, No. 29. Lent by Viscount Iveagh, K.P. 13 10T. GAINSBOROUGH, R.A.: 1727-1788 English SchoolTHE COTTAGE GIRL A GIRL in a dark red skirt and puce-coloured dress, her neck andshoulders bare, is holding before her a bundle of faggots. Fulllength, life-size figure. She is standing, her body directed towardsthe front ; her head is turned three-quarters to the left. In the leftforeground is a withered tree ; in the background to the right acottage, trees and a view of distant hills. Canvas. 66; in. x 49 in. (1.694 x 1.244).Lent by Captain Abdy. 15

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