| Description | This files contains photographs and photocopies of some of the original Gainsborough letters listed in Mary Woodall's and Hayes' publications. The images are occasionally annotated with catalogue numbers (either Woodall's or Hayes') and some notes on owners.
Includes (appended with Hayes' catalogue numbers):
-letter to Mr J. Dodley, dated 10 November 1767, (25)
-three letters to Richard Stevens, dated between 13 September 1767-28 January 1768, (27-29)
-two letters to Hon. Constantine Phipps, dated 31 March 1772 (the other is undated, c 1771-1772), (55, 57)
-letter to William Jackson, dated 29 January 1779, (64)
-letter from William, 4th Earl of Essex to [?] Clutterbuck, dated 25 March 1772, (not in catalogue)
-letter to William, 4th Earl of Essex, dated 29 March 1784, (95)
-fragment of a letter to Richard Stevens, dated 13 April 1762, (130)
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| Image Caption | Photograph of a letter from Gainsborough to Hon. Constantine Phipps (Hayes' catalogue number 55), dated [c 1771-1772], (2pp) |