John Gibson, to my dear little Hosmer | Archives | RA Collection

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

GI/1/185

Title

John Gibson, to my dear little Hosmer

Date

[Oct 1854]

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Item

Extent & medium

1 piece

Content Description

Draft letter in which Gibson begins by warmly praising Hosmer's abilties as an artist. He writes that at Rome they had both learned the principles of pure taste, and goes on to commend tranquillity of mind as a means to artistic achievement. Gibson is glad that Hosmer is impatient to begin her statue. He comments on their little circle of ladies at Rome, every one of whom was more or less distinguished, and mentions that he had been reading some of the poetry of Mrs Browning. He would order her works, and those of [Robert Browning] to be sent to Rome. Gibson was glad that Mrs Sartoris was sitting to Hosmer: she would make a fine bust. He ends by describing the effects of cholera on London.