{"product_id":"gainsborough-a-portrait-by-james-hamilton-9781474601061","title":"Gainsborough : A Portrait","description":"\u003cp\u003e** Selected as a Book of the Year in The Times, Sunday Times and Observer **\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Compulsively readable - the pages seem to turn themselves' John Carey, Sunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Brings one of the very greatest [artists] vividly to life' Literary Review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith fresh insights into original sources, Gainsborough: A Portrait transforms our understanding of this fascinating man, and enlightens the century that bore him.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"James Hamilton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57235956072821,"sku":"9781474601061","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0812\/4075\/2426\/files\/9781474601061.jpg?v=1780076050","url":"https:\/\/sherlockandpages.com\/products\/gainsborough-a-portrait-by-james-hamilton-9781474601061","provider":"Sherlock \u0026 Pages","version":"1.0","type":"link"}