Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ... INDEX Abdy, Captain, 179 Abel, Karl Friedrich, influence of his music on Gainsborough, 366; mentioned, 98, 114, 118, 120, 282, 360, 361, 362; see also Portraits Academy, Royal, the, buys Gainsborough's letters to William Jackson, 57; founda-tion of, 65; first exhibition, 66; Diploma Gallery, 66, 295; Gainsborough's Diploma, 350; Observations on the Pictures now Exhibiting at (1771), 76; first exhibition at Somerset House, 166; A Candid Review of the Exhibition, 167; catalogues of 166-172; Winter Exhibitions (Old Masters), 36, 67, 185, 231, 265, 266, 267, 293, 328; minia-tures at, 206; the established line," 216, 217; proposed rival exhibition, 217; Gains-borough's portrait at, 295; he proposes to paint picture for Council Room, 295; attacked by Bate, 316; offers to buy Gainsborough's picture, 327; Gainsborough's penknife, 351; Ozias Humphry s manuscripts at, 390 Academy of Arts, St. Martin's Lane, 6, 7 Acton, 352, 353 Adair, Mr., 339 Adolphus, Prince, practical joke on Fischer, 164 Agnew & Sons, Messrs. Thomas, 77, 200, 255, 394 Agnew, Mr. Morland, 78--Sir William, 132, 267 Ailesbury, Lord, 326 Aldborough, Earl of (Lord Baltin-glass), 141 Alexander, Mr. W. C, 348 Allen, Ralph, 67 Althorp, 38, 199 Ancaster, Duke of, 273 Anderdon, J. H., Royal Academy catalogues, 40, 70 Angelo, Henry, 80, 128, 352, 364 Anstey, Christopher, 58 Anstruther, General, 365--Sir Ralph, of Balcaskie, 365 Armstrong, Sir Walter, 32, 71, 78, 115, 251, 392 Art Journal, 283, 396 Art Union, 247, 312 Artists, Free Society of, 59, 115, 207 Artists, Incorporated Society of, Spring Gardens, 37, 43, 44. 59. 65; Gainsborough's letter of resignation from, 397 Artists' Repository, 206 Arts, the Society of, commissions Gainsborough to paint a por-trait of Lord Folkestone, 124: ...
