Liner Note

Made while listening to Yuzo Iwata and thinking about Gainsborough’s Captain Wade.

The Master of Ceremonies, 2021

The quote I found interesting about this portrait is that this man, William Wade, “Demanded that Gainsoborough portray him in the most flattering, formal, elegant manner possible so as to impress the elite visitors to the spa.” (And P.S., the plan did not go as he had hoped for…)