Gaugain Family Letters

Item date: 1824-36
Grant Value: £850
Item cost: £850
Item cost pre-decimal: NULL
Item date acquired: 2009
Item institution: Wallace Collection
Town/City: London

The Gaugains were a dynasty of minor painters and engravers of French origin but established in London by the mid-18th century. The present collection of letters of Philip Augustus Gaugain fl. 1783-1847) and other members of his family are of much interest for the history of the art trade.

Item Provenance
Richard M. Ford, Antiquarian Booksellers