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… aspired to establish himself as a gentleman, and to do so, he needed to show he was accepted by literati as well as artists, and by the upper middle classes (Goodman, p. 330). The move from Queen Square to St Martin’s Street in 1774 was … feel pressured to perform, and what is more, he felt that his art was truly appreciated, and he himself regarded as an artist and a gentleman. ‘As for those of high rank,’ he told Susan, ‘I’m less at ease with them than you might think – …
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