Excerpt from Museum and Art Gallery, 1900: Illustrated Catalogue of a Loan Collection of PortraitsThe decision as to the relative greatness of Sir Joshua Reynolds (172 3 and Thomas Gainsborough (1727 must be left to individual taste. Each, in his own way, was an artist of rare genius. It was by their extraordinary gifts in portraiture that they raised the art of England to a far higher position than it had hitherto held, and one which, even in the present day, has not been surpassed. Rivals and contemporaries in their art, they set down upon canvas with unfaltering brush, for the benefit of succeeding generations, the life-like presentments of all who were most famous in their day, in statesmanship, war, literature, science, the fine arts, and society.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work.

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