Fake or Fortune: Series 8

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1 General Information
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3 Information
- 3.1 The Lost Gainsborough
- 3.2 Cosway or Lawrence?
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Arts, History Documentary hosted by Fiona Bruce and Philip Mould, published by BBC in 2019 - English narration

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Fake or Fortune: Series 8 Fake or Fortune? returns for an eighth series as Philip Mould and Fiona Bruce investigate more thrilling cases of art world mystery, intrigue and deception.

[edit] The Lost Gainsborough

The team investigate an 18th-century landscape: could it be a lost work by the great British master of landscape painting, Thomas Gainsborough? Philip is intrigued by this painting as it’s a landscape he recognises. Mark’s picture looks very much like a famous print by Gainsborough; Meanwhile, Fiona tries to trace the provenance of the picture. Her journey takes her to grand country houses, archives and auction houses up and down the country

[edit] Cosway or Lawrence?

In this episode, we’re investigating an 18th-century family portrait of a young man at the prime of his life. Could a chance sighting by Philip have revealed an undiscovered work by the giant of Regency portraiture Sir Thomas Lawrence?