Sage – Gainsborough Letters Apron
£20.00
Charming hand-printed sage apron featuring a quote from one of Gainsborough’s Letters.
In 1772 he wrote to the 2nd Earl of Aldeborough “Do good Sir let me now for certain when you think of returning home from abroad, and if I disapoint you of seeing your Pictures hung in their Places with my own Eyes, I’ll give you leave to boil me down for Painters Drying oil, and shiver my Bones into Pencil = Sticks – could Shakespeare with his Mother Madam fancy say more – I wish you would recollect that Painting and Punctuality mix like Oil & Vinegar, & that Genius <&> regularity are utter Enemies, & must be to the end of Time- I would not insinuate that I am a Genius any further than as I resemble one in your Opinion, who think I have no such thing as punctuality about me – In short Sir, I throw myself at your Feet, & thank God most sincerely that I am not any nearer to them, for surely you could not help kicking me – However Sir [de]pend upon this, that I am most sincerely Your ever Obedient & humble Servant Tho Gainsborough“.
Designed exclusively for Gainsborough’s House
Screen printed in the Print Workshop by our Technicians, Frin. Aprons also include a unique tag featuring work by John Guest – a Print Workshop Member.
65% Polyester 35% Cotton
