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Letter from John Gibson to John Udny, containing information for Henry Farnum
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Letter from John Gibson to John Udny, containing information for Henry Farnum

January 9, 1850

Medium

Pen and black ink on blue paper

Tags

Dimensions

Sheet (folded in half): 9 11/16 × 7 3/8 in. (24.6 × 18.8 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John De Witt Peltz, 1977

Classification

Manuscripts

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About John Gibson

1790–1866United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandWales

Outstanding Neoclassical sculptor who experimented with the ancient practice of coloring statues, e.g. his 'Tinted Venus' (1851). Flaxman encourgaged him to go to Rome, where he spent most of his life. He left his fortune to the National Gallery, London. British sculptor, active Rome. Comment on works: sculptor