{"product_id":"gainsborough-a-portrait-9781474601061","title":"Gainsborough: A Portrait","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e** Selected as a Book of the Year in \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eObserver **\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Compulsively readable - the pages seem to turn themselves' John Carey, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'B\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003erings one of the very greatest [artists] vividly to life' \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThomas Gainsborough lived as if electricity shot through his sinews and crackled at his finger ends. He was a gentle and empathetic family man, but had a shockingly loose, libidinous manner and a volatility that could lead him to slash his paintings. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJames Hamilton reveals the artist in his many contexts: the talented Suffolk lad, transported to the heights of fashion; the rake-on-the-make in London, learning his craft in the shadow of Hogarth; the society-portrait painter in Bath and London who earned huge sums by charming the right people into his studio. With fresh insights into original sources, \u003ci\u003eGainsborough: A Portrait\u003c\/i\u003e transforms our understanding of this fascinating man, and enlightens the century that bore him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e George Weidenfeld \u0026amp; Nicholson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/30\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474601061\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.10w x 1.00d","brand":"James Hamilton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43132878717109,"sku":"9781474601061","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_33abe9c9-0205-47ab-845b-bbadf4623172.jpg?v=1695135505","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/gainsborough-a-portrait-9781474601061","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}