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

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and theif dependents, had not that un~
suspicious, goocl hearted man, let a cun-
ning, designing artish see it, and who sur-
reptitioussy carried it off in his mind’s eye!
The clock however, shall visit its Confin,
theSun Dial, but not till J. have donegoing.
The spiral channel in which a gilt ball
rolls, to point out the hour, is cut from a
solid piece of brass, and I am told by a
very great artist, that it is one os the truest
and most accurate pieces of work he ever
beheld. There is but one man now liv-
ing whom I know, who can set this clock
in motion, and that is the ingenious Mr.
Xreland, author of Henderson’s life.

Mr. Gainsborough was not ignorant of
his disorder, but pretended to be so, for

though
 
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