far as they relate to the process of painting, are the best that have hitherto been published". He did however, find the part on perspective unsatisfactory. A second edition was published in 1773. References Further reading M. Kirby Talley. Thomas Bardwell of Bungay, artist and author (Pitman Press for the Walpole Society, 1978). External links Thomas Bardwell on artnet Portraits by Bardwell (National Portrait Gallery) Paintings by Thomas Bardwell (Art Renewal Centre) Group Portrait of the Brewster Family (1736, Art Fund) 1704 births 1767 deaths 18th-century English painters English male painters English portrait painters People from Bungay Artists from Norwich 18th-century English male artists