[John Gibson, to an unidentfied correspondent] | Archives | RA Collection

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

GI/3/87

Title

[John Gibson, to an unidentfied correspondent]

Date

c. 1860

Level

Item

Extent & medium

1 piece

Content Description

Incomplete draft letter, in which Gibson, while quoting the praise of a Greek poet for unadorned beauty, advises his correspondent to to have [her] "pretty little figure adorned with chaste ornaments". He then praises her talent and modesty; comments on the summer heat; informs his correspondent that he was about leave for Switzerland; and mentions [the sculptor Benjamin Evans] Spence.