Draft statement by John Gibson R.A., Rome | Archives | RA Collection

Archive context

Royal Academy of Arts Archive
1. John Gibson, RA, papers
  1. Correspondence

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Reference code

GI/1/192

Title

Draft statement by John Gibson R.A., Rome

Date

c. 1860

Level

Item

Extent & medium

1 piece

Content Description

Confirming that Harriet Hosmer was the artist responsible for the 'Zenobia', and not Gibson himself or an Italian workman, as had maliciously been reported in the Art Journal, after Hosmer's progress in her art had begun to agitate "some rivals of the male set".