6/20/2023 0 Comments Hugh belsey![]() ![]() There his apprenticeship was with a silversmith and his skill as a draughtsman was honed by engraving inscriptions and coats-of-arms on the side of silverware. ![]() The majority of scholars have accepted this portrait which will be offered at the Cheffins Fine Sale as autograph, perhaps his very earliest extant portrait, and it has been widely exhibited and published.ĭating this portrait has been difficult and it seems most likely that it is one of his earliest attempts at oil painting made soon after he moved from his native Sudbury in Suffolk to London in about 1740. ![]() Attributing the work he produced in his teenage years has been slow and no doubt unidentified examples will appear in the future and help to clarify his development as an artist. "There can be little doubt that Gainsborough was born with a precocious intelligence and a God-given ability to paint.
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