A Right Royal Face-Off

A Right Royal Face-Off

Author: Simon Edge

Publisher: Eye Books (US&CA)

Published: 2020-08-28

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 1785631314

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It is 1777, and England's second-greatest portrait artist, Thomas Gainsborough, has a thriving practice a stone's thrown from London's royal palaces, while the press talks up his rivalry with Sir Joshua Reynolds, the pedantic theoretician who is the top dog of British portraiture. Fonder of the low life than high society, Gainsborough loathes pandering to the grandees who sit for him. However, he changes his tune when he is commissioned to paint King George III, his German queen and their vast family. He discovers a taste for royal company—but who will be chosen as court painter, Tom or Sir Joshua? Meanwhile, two and a half centuries later, a badly damaged painting turns up on a downmarket antiques TV show being filmed in Suffolk. Could the monstrosity really be, as its eccentric owner claims, a Gainsborough? If so, who is the sitter? And why does he have donkey's ears?


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Download or read book A Right Royal Face-Off written by Simon Edge and published by Eye Books (US&CA). This book was released on 2020-08-28 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is 1777, and England's second-greatest portrait artist, Thomas Gainsborough, has a thriving practice a stone's thrown from London's royal palaces, while the press talks up his rivalry with Sir Joshua Reynolds, the pedantic theoretician who is the top dog of British portraiture. Fonder of the low life than high society, Gainsborough loathes pandering to the grandees who sit for him. However, he changes his tune when he is commissioned to paint King George III, his German queen and their vast family. He discovers a taste for royal company—but who will be chosen as court painter, Tom or Sir Joshua? Meanwhile, two and a half centuries later, a badly damaged painting turns up on a downmarket antiques TV show being filmed in Suffolk. Could the monstrosity really be, as its eccentric owner claims, a Gainsborough? If so, who is the sitter? And why does he have donkey's ears?


A Right Royal Face-Off

A Right Royal Face-Off

Author: Simon Edge

Publisher: Lightning Books

Published: 2019-07-25

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 9781785631306

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It is 1777, and England's second-greatest portrait artist, Thomas Gainsborough, has a thriving practice a stone's thrown from London's royal palaces, while the press talks up his rivalry with Sir Joshua Reynolds, the pedantic theoretician who is the top dog of British portraiture. Fonder of the low life than high society, Gainsborough loathes pandering to the grandees who sit for him. However, he changes his tune when he is commissioned to paint King George III, his German queen and their vast family. He discovers a taste for royal company--but who will be chosen as court painter, Tom or Sir Joshua? Meanwhile, two and a half centuries later, a badly damaged painting turns up on a downmarket antiques TV show being filmed in Suffolk. Could the monstrosity really be, as its eccentric owner claims, a Gainsborough? If so, who is the sitter? And why does he have donkey's ears?


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Download or read book A Right Royal Face-Off written by Simon Edge and published by Lightning Books. This book was released on 2019-07-25 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is 1777, and England's second-greatest portrait artist, Thomas Gainsborough, has a thriving practice a stone's thrown from London's royal palaces, while the press talks up his rivalry with Sir Joshua Reynolds, the pedantic theoretician who is the top dog of British portraiture. Fonder of the low life than high society, Gainsborough loathes pandering to the grandees who sit for him. However, he changes his tune when he is commissioned to paint King George III, his German queen and their vast family. He discovers a taste for royal company--but who will be chosen as court painter, Tom or Sir Joshua? Meanwhile, two and a half centuries later, a badly damaged painting turns up on a downmarket antiques TV show being filmed in Suffolk. Could the monstrosity really be, as its eccentric owner claims, a Gainsborough? If so, who is the sitter? And why does he have donkey's ears?


Clydesdale Stud Book

Clydesdale Stud Book

Author: Clydesdale Horse Society of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Publisher:

Published: 1917

Total Pages: 1030

ISBN-13:

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The Clydesdale Stud-book. ...

The Clydesdale Stud-book. ...

Author: Clydesdale Horse Society of Great Britain and Ireland

Publisher:

Published: 1917

Total Pages: 1030

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Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Author: Royal Society of New Zealand

Publisher:

Published: 1891

Total Pages: 788

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Includes proceedings of member institutes of the Society and of the Society's Science Congress through v. 84, 1956/57.


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Download or read book Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand written by Royal Society of New Zealand and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 788 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes proceedings of member institutes of the Society and of the Society's Science Congress through v. 84, 1956/57.


Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand

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Published: 1891

Total Pages: 798

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Journal of the Royal United Service Institution

Journal of the Royal United Service Institution

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Published: 1894

Total Pages: 1674

ISBN-13:

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Journal of the Royal United Service Institution

Journal of the Royal United Service Institution

Author: Royal United Service Institution (Great Britain)

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Published: 1877

Total Pages: 1044

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The Hopkins Conundrum

The Hopkins Conundrum

Author: Simon Edge

Publisher: Eye Books (US&CA)

Published: 2017-05-25

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13: 1785630393

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Tim Cleverley inherits a failing pub in Wales, which he plans to rescue by enlisting an American pulp novelist to concoct an entirely fabricated "mystery" about Gerald Manley Hopkins, who composed "The Wreck of the Deutschland" nearby. Blending the real stories of Hopkins and the shipwrecked nuns he wrote about with a contemporary love story, while casting a wry eye on the Dan Brown industry, The Hopkins Conundrum is a highly original mix of commercial fiction, literary biography, and satirical commentary.


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Download or read book The Hopkins Conundrum written by Simon Edge and published by Eye Books (US&CA). This book was released on 2017-05-25 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tim Cleverley inherits a failing pub in Wales, which he plans to rescue by enlisting an American pulp novelist to concoct an entirely fabricated "mystery" about Gerald Manley Hopkins, who composed "The Wreck of the Deutschland" nearby. Blending the real stories of Hopkins and the shipwrecked nuns he wrote about with a contemporary love story, while casting a wry eye on the Dan Brown industry, The Hopkins Conundrum is a highly original mix of commercial fiction, literary biography, and satirical commentary.


Journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects

Journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects

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Published: 1903

Total Pages: 602

ISBN-13:

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