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Munnings wrote, 'I have tried to imagine him (Gainsborough) at work on it: modelling the perfect face-making those deft and subtle brushstrokes on the flounced edging of the skirt ... the inexplicable technique of an inspired genius.'
The Munnings Art Museum
Colchester
Title
A Lady Seated in a Park
Date
1903
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 40.6 x W 30.5 cm
Accession number
658
Acquisition method
purchased from Mr R. C. Porter, 1983
Work type
Painting
Inscription description
signed
The Munnings Art Museum
Castle House, Dedham, Colchester, Essex CO7 6AZ England
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