Sujet
'R. Gibson', 1830. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
'R. Gibson', 1830. Portrait of English painter Richard Gibson (c1615-1690), 'commonly called the Dwarf, was originally page to a lady; who, observing his genius for painting, generously had him instructed. He devoted himself to Sir Peter Lely's style and copied his pictures to admiration. He was in great favor with Charles I., who made him his page of the back-stairs; and he had the honor to instruct in drawing queen Mary II., and queen Anne, when princesses. He married Anne Shepherd, who was also a dwarf. Gibson died in the seventy-fifth year of his age; and his wife, having survived him almost twenty years, died in 1709, aged eighty-nine'. From "Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. [Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and Co., J. Cumming, London, Glasgow and Dublin, 1830]
Date
1830
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM19F37_196
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
62,0Mo (3,2Mo) / 33,5cm x 46,3cm / 3961 x 5469 (300dpi)