Sujet

Monument to Mrs Robinson, 1829. Creator: John Gibson.

Légende

Monument to Mrs Robinson, 1829. Plaster relief of Emily Robinson in ancient Roman dress with book and oil lamp. Mrs Robinson was a daughter of Mr and Mrs Solomon d'Aguilar, early supporters of Gibson, and she became his teacher. His 'warmest friendship was contracted with Mrs Robinson who was a lady of great personal charms, and taste for the art. She devoted herself to the cultivation of Gibson's mind, making him acquainted with standard works in poetry and leading him to a class of reading which greatly contributed to enrich his ideas.' He was 'deeply attracted by her character and beauty' and evidently thought that she was in love with him. After she died in 1829, Gibson erected a monument to her, for which this relief is a model, at St. James' Cemetery Chapel, (now The Oratory of the Walker Art Gallery), Liverpool. It was erected at his own expense.

Date

1829

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Royal Academy of Arts, London/Paul Highnam

Notre référence

HRM26A33_423

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

54.5Mo (7.0Mo) / 31.7cm x 43.1cm / 3740 x 5092 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Italy female women woman people job education arts teacher country Rome shape memorial sculpture art book occupation British knowledge color lighting death Neo-classical relief dress Roman lamp location Victorian century Britain teaching profession kitsch literature plaque concept mythology cast mould mythological APPAREL educator oil lamp funerary mold Plaster Cast Colour drapery 19th century bas relief bas-relief Neoclassical Neoclassicism Monument Ancient Roman Ancient Rome nineteenth century Neo-Classicism artistic movement sculpture plaster Robinson Emily d'Aguilar 19th-century clothing & dress fashion & clothing Royal Academy of Arts John Gibson Gibson John John Gibson RA Emily Robinson Aguilar Emily d' Emily d'Aguilar