Thicknesse, Philip: A Sketch Of The Life And Paintings Of Thomas Gainsborough, Esq. ([London], 1788)

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eannot fail of being equally admired, and
I hope and believe, if his own diffidence
and modesty does not prevent him, that
he will not remove from his late uncle’s
house, forlam sure he can support its
former credit, either as a landscape or
Portrait painter. If any one doubt it, I
re.fer them to a portrait of his uncle,
which I have not seen of many years,
but which has all the ease, all the spirit,.
and all the fire in it, which might be ex-
pested in the Portrait of the sirst genius,
as I have said above, either this, or in
any other Kingdom ever produced, Mr.
Gainsborough’s father lest eight children,
Thomas was the youngest, three sons and
five daughters, his sons were all wonder-
sully ingenious, his daughters handsome
. and