Portrait of a Young Woman Seated, ca. 1760, Black chalk with touches of red wash, Sheet (corners trimmed): 11 3/4 x 7 in. (29.8 x 17.8 cm), Drawings, Thomas Gainsborough (British, Sudbury 1727–1788 London), In 1760 Gainsborough moved to Bath, England’s leading spa city, where he made this delicate chalk drawing in preparation for a lifesize oil portrait of Ann Ford. Ford was an amateur singer and musician whose bravura private performances were taking the town by storm, and Gainsborough intended his painting to establish his national reputation
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Portrait, Young Woman Seated, ca, 1760, Black chalk, touches, red wash, Sheet, corners trimmed, 11 3/4 x 7, 29.8 17.8 cm, Drawings, Thomas Gainsborough, British, Sudbury, 1727–1788, London, Gainsborough, moved, Bath, England, leading, spa, city, delicate, drawing, preparation, lifesize oil, portrait, Ann Ford, Ford, amateur singer, musician, bravura private, performances, taking, town, storm, Gainsborough intended, painting, establish, national reputation
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