Gainsborough Drawings

October 2-December 4, 1983

Overview: 91 drawings by Thomas Gainsborough were selected by John Hayes, director of the National Portrait Gallery, London, and Lindsay Stainton, British Museum, for the International Exhibitions Foundation. This was the first exhibition of Gainsborough drawings in the United States. It was coordinated at the National Gallery by Virginia Tuttle.

The project was supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities. The catalogue was underwritten in part by grants from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the British Council.

Attendance: 38,065 (64 days)

Location: West Building, Ground Floor, Graphics Galleries GS-1, GS-2, GS-3, GS-4 (2,500 sq. ft.)

Catalogue: Gainsborough Drawings, by John Hayes and Lindsay Stainton. Washington, DC: International Exhibitions Foundation, 1983.

Other venues:

Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth

Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

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