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Thomas Gainsborough and the landscape frescos at Schomberg House

05/2015 | 1346 | 157

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Author:

Bills, Mark (Bills, Mark)

Subjects

artists:

Gainsborough, Thomas

artists:

Berchet, Pierre

places:

England / London

subjects:

British painting / Frescoes / Artists' houses / Lost works / Lunettes / British architecture / Interiors / Attributions / Attributions, former

subjects:

Landscapes (visual works) / Damage to works of art

Illustrations

Attributed works:

42. Drawing by William T. Whitley of the layout of 80 Pall Mall, London. c.1910 (British Museum, London)

Western art unattributed:

39. The top of the stairwell of Schomberg House, 81 Pall Mall. Illustrated London News (19th April 1851), p.315

Western art unattributed:

40. The stairwell of 80 Pall Mall (Gainsborough's wing) with its square lantern. c.1960. (Photograph, London Metropolitan Archives)

Western art unattributed:

41. The ceiling at the top of the stairwell of 81 Pall Mall, London, showing the window which destroyed one of the frescos. c.1960. (Photograph, London Metropolitan Archives)

Western art unattributed:

43. The top of the stairwell of 81 Schomberg House, 81 Pall Mall, London, where the frescos were painted. c.1960. (Photograph, London Metropolitan Archives)

Western art unattributed:

44. Detail of Fig.39

Western art unattributed:

45. No.80 Schomberg House today. (Photograph by Anne Purkiss)

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