Gainsborough was a frequent visitor to Kew both because he was a friend of Joshua Kirby, alongside whom he is buried, and because he was favoured by both George III and his sons. Joshua Kirby was the drawing master to the royal family and, under the commission of George III, he was responsible for the extension of St Anne's church,

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Kew Past