The Quiet Precision of a London Miniaturist In the bustling streets of London during the mid-nineteenth century, a certain Thomas John Gullick began to carve out a life defined by the smallest of scales. Born in 1828, he belonged to a tradition where the artist’s hand must be steady and the eye incredibly keen. While many of his contemporaries sought the grand scale of history painting, Gullick found his calling in the intimate world o…