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John Gibson (Paperback)
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Born in Gyffin, near Conway, Wales, John Gibson (1790-1866) moved
with his family to Liverpool, where he trained as a cabinet-maker
and mason. The historian and banker William Roscoe whetted Gibson's
appetite for classical statuary, and provided him with a
scholarship and funds to visit Rome. Gibson arrived in the city in
1817 and entered the workshop of Europe's pre-eminent sculptor:
Antonio Canova. Soon acclaimed in his own right, Gibson remained in
the city until his death in 1866. Contact with artists and patrons
on the Grand Tour ensured lasting links with Britain, and this
publication highlights Gibson's sculptures in such collections as
the National Portrait Gallery, the British Museum, Westminster
Abbey, Parliament and the Royal Collection. Gibson bequeathed to
the Royal Academy drawings, plasters and sculptures, as well as
correspondences, accounts and notebooks; some reproduced here for
the first time.
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