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To Joshua Kirby, Esq. - to be left at the Turk's Head, Gerrard…
Quote byThomas Gainsborough · 1727–1788
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: letter, Bath, 5 Dec. 1768; as cited in Thomas Gainsborough, by William T, Whitley; New York, Charles Scribner's Sons – London, Smith, Elder & Co, Sept. 1915, p. 397 (Appendix B).
English (original)
to Joshua Kirby, Esq. - to be left at the Turk's Head, Gerrard Street, St. Ann's, London - Mr. President and Gentlemen, Directors of the Society of Artists of Great Britain. I thank ye for the honor done me in appointing me one of your Directors, but for a particular reason I beg leave to resign, and am. Gentlemen, your most obliged and obedient Humble Servant.
— Thomas Gainsborough
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