Oil paint on canvas
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Abel Moysey
Presented by H.G. and the Rev. F.L. Moysey 1861
actions: postures and motions
adults
head in hand / hands
individuals: male
man
Moysey, Abel
named individuals
people
politician, Member of Parliament
portraits
public service
work and occupations
<p>Abel Moysey was a well-known doctor based in the fashionable spa town of Bath, where Gainsborough was also worked. Gainsborough painted this portrait in lieu of doctor’s fees, presumably for the treatment he received after a bout of venereal disease, contracted from prostitutes in London in 1763.</p><p>Moysey is shown looking dreamily into the distance, as if he was unaware of being painted. He is every bit the ‘man of feeling’.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
19 July 2004 – 27 June 2005
2005-06-27
1 March 2004
2004-03-01
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2004-07-19
Sensibility
Collection based display
Abel Moysey
support: 578 × 457 mm
frame: 839 × 719 × 83 mm
Presented by H.G. and the Rev. F.L. Moysey 1861
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<span class="text13">Abel Moysey was a well-known  doctor based in the      fashionable spa  town of Bath, where Gainsborough </span><span class="text0">
</span><span class="text14">was also worked. Gainsborough painted </span><span class="text13">this <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/portrait" title="Glossary definition for 'Portrait'"><span>portrait</span></a> in lieu of doctor’s fees, presumably for      the treatment he  received after a bout of venereal  disease, contracted      from prostitutes  in London in 1763.  </span><span class="text0">
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<span class="text13">Moysey is shown looking dreamily </span><span class="text0">
into the distance, as if he was unaware  </span><span class="text13">of being painted. He is every bit the  ‘man of      feeling’. </span><span class="text0">
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actions: postures and motions adults head in hand / hands individuals: male man Moysey, Abel named individuals people politician, Member of Parliament portraits public service work and occupations