The J. Paul Getty Museum

Exhibitions

Exhibition of the Royal Academy, MDCCLXXVIII. The Tenth. (1778)

• Royal Academy of Arts (London), 1778

Pictures by Deceased British Artists (1817)

• British Institution for Promoting the Fine Arts in the United Kingdom (London), 1817

Pictures by Italian, Spanish, Flemish, Dutch, French, and English Masters (1859)

• British Institution for Promoting the Fine Arts in the United Kingdom (London), 1859

Second Special Exhibition of National Portraits (1867)

• South Kensington Museum (London), 1867

Exhibition of the Works of Thomas Gainsborough (1885)

• Grosvenor Gallery (London), 1885

Exhibition of Works by the Old Masters and by Deceased Masters of the British School. Winter Exhibition, Twenty-Second Year. MDCCCXCI. (January 5 to March 14, 1891)

• Royal Academy of Arts (London), January 5 to March 14, 1891

Bicentenary Memorial Exhibition of Gainsborough (October 7 to November 5, 1927)

• Unknown, October 7 to November 5, 1927

Old and Modern Masters in the New York Art Market (March 15 to April 4, 1931)

• American Art Association (New York), March 15 to April 4, 1931

Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by Thomas Gainsborough, R.A. (May 1 to May 31, 1931)

• Cincinnati Art Museum (Cincinnati), May 1 to May 31, 1931

Art Treasures Exhibition (October 12 to November 5, 1932)

• Christie's (London), October 12 to November 5, 1932

Tentoonstelling van Oude Kunst uit he bezit van den internationalen Handel (July 1 to September 30, 1936) (p. 13, no. 50.)

• Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam), July 1 to September 30, 1936

Coronation Exhibition of British Pictures (May to June, 1937)

• Thomas Agnew & Sons, Ltd. (London), May to June 1937

Masterpieces of Art (European Paintings and Sculpture from 1300-1800) (May to October, 1939)

• New York World's Fair (Queens), May to October 1939

The Balch Collection and Old Masters from Los Angeles Collections, Assembled in Memory of Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch (March 26 to April 30, 1944)

• Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles), March 26 to April 30, 1944

Christie's Bi-Centenary Exhibition (January 3 to January 21, 1967)

• Christie's (London), January 3 to January 21, 1967

Art Treasures in California (November 29 to December 31, 1969)

• The Oakland Museum of California (Oakland), November 29 to December 31, 1969

Christmas at Christie's (November 18 to December 5, 1970)

• City Art Museum (St. Louis), November 18 to December 5, 1970

The J. Paul Getty Collection (June 29 to September 3, 1972)

• The Minneapolis Institute of Art (Minneapolis), June 29 to September 3, 1972

Thomas Gainsborough (October 8, 1980 to January 4, 1981)

• Tate Britain (London), October 8, 1980 to January 4, 1981

Thomas Gainsborough, 1727-1788 (October 24, 2002 to September 14, 2003)

• Tate Britain (London), October 24, 2002 to January 19, 2003
• National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.), February 9 to May 11, 2003
• Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, June 9 to September 14, 2003

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