Gainsborough's House Society Annual Report 1991/92
Reference Number
PP/569
Level of Description
Item
Title
Gainsborough's House Society Annual Report 1991/92
Creator(s) & Administrative History
Various: Author Gainsborough's House Society: Publisher
Sudbury
Gainsborough''s Hous, Sudbuy, Suffolk
Date
1992
ISBN
0 946511 13 6
Extent
Pages: 74
Description
Contains the following papers: 1) Gainsborough and 'the lodging-house way' by Susan Legioux Sloman (Illustrated. Relates to the house in Abbey Street which stood on the site where the 1897 extension to the Pump Room now stands. It was rented by the artist Thomas Gainsborough before he took up residence at 17 The Circus and his sister, Mary Gibbon, ran a Milliner's business from there for a while. Mentions the Duke of Kingston's Crest which was on the pediment of the house and which still survives in the Roman Baths Museum. Also gives a short account of the later history of the house at one time occupied by the National Provincial Bank and on the various lodging-houses kept by members of the Gainsborough family. Uses source material held by Bath Record Office), pp. 23-44
2) The Harward family and the 1923 sale by Janet Harris (Relates to recent research into the provenance of the Gainsborough paintings and drawings sold at Christie's on 11 May 1923 and the links between the Gainsborough, Gardiner, Netherton and Harward families), pp. 45-49
3) Thomas Gainsborough's daughters by David Tyler (describes the relationship of Gainsborough's daughters, Margaret and Mary with the the Briggs family of Acton, Middlesex and Sophia Lane, their cousin and executrix to Margaret will), pp. 50-66
Material relating to an exhibition held at the Victoria Art Gallery 24 October-28 November on Gainborough's House in Bath (Abbey Street) is inserted in the front cover
