Personal recollections of Thomas Gainsborough, by William Jackson

RA Collection: Archive

Archive context

Showing item 14 of 17 in this group

Reference code

GAI/14

Title

Personal recollections of Thomas Gainsborough, by William Jackson

Date

[c.1788]

Level

Item

Extent & medium

5 pieces

Content Description

Describing Gainsborough's passion for music and how he purchased instruments from several celebrated musicians, as if he expected their music to remain in the fabric of their tool. He possessed ear, talent and genius but never the application to learn his notes. Moves on to talk of Gainsborough's painting, praising his drawings and his facility.

Bibliography

Later published as part of The Four Ages: together with essays on various subjects, William Jackson, 1798.