Ng, Aimee: Gainsborough: The Fashion of Portraiture. 2026. 160 pages, illustrated. Hardback. 30 x 23cms. Catalogue for the exhibition held at the Frick Collection in New York. Looking at how Gainsborough's portraiture used fashion as a marker of class and identity. Four essays are followed by a catalogue of the 25 works, each with an accompanying essay looking at sitters such as Ignatius Sancho, Countess Howe, Mr and Mrs Andrews on their estate, and Mrs Samuel Moody in Turkish dress with her sons. Technical analysis, provenance, exhibition and publication history.
Catalogue for the exhibition held at the Frick Collection in New York. Looking at how Gainsborough's portraiture used fashion as a marker of class and identity. Four essays are followed by a catalogue of the 25 works, each with an accompanying essay looking at sitters such as Ignatius Sancho, Countess Howe, Mr and Mrs Andrews on their estate, and Mrs Samuel Moody in Turkish dress with her sons. Technical analysis, provenance, exhibition and publication history