Gibson, John, c 1843-1847

From a typed note pasted on the page: "Gibson, John (1790-1866), sculptor; of humble parentage; while at Liverpool attracted the attention of William Roscoe [q. v.]; lived at Rome, and received instruction from Canova and Thorwaldsen, 1817; his first commission, the Chatsworth 'Mars and Cupid,' followed by 'Psyche and Zephyrs,' 'Sleeping Shepherd Boy,' 'Hylas and the nymphs,' 1819-26, 'Cupid disguised as a Shepherd,' 1837, and other works; R.A., 1838; during visit to England (1844) publicly entertained at Glasgow, and received commission for bust of Queen Victoria, his first tinted work; modelled statue of Queen Victoria for Houses of Parliament, 1850-5, which, with his 'Tinted Venus' and 'Pandora' and 'Cupid' (all coloured), were seen at the International Exhibition, 1862; executed three statues of Huskisson, and one of Sir Robert Peel in West-minister Abbey; the last of the purist or abstract school of sculptors; bequeathed his property to the Royal Academy. [xxi. 278]".