Gibson, John

has biography | a une biographie: Welsh sculptor active in the nineteenth century. One of his most important patrons was the slave-owner and West Indian merchant Henry Robertson Sandbach, who was awarded slavery compensation for several estates in Guiana after abolition. Gibson produced a number of works for the Sandbach family, including a monument to Margaret Sandbach, a relief titled Suffer the Little Children to Come Unto Me, and two portraits of William Robertson and Sara Maria Sandbach. Another of Gibson's patrons was the slave-owner and politician George Watson Taylor MP, who commissioned a number of works from Gibson including a bust of William Roscoe, six family busts, and statues of Paris and a nymph.
was born | est né: 19 June 1790
died in | est mort par: 27 January 1866
has nationality | a la nationalité: Wales; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
has type | est de type: artist

is referred to by | est référencé par: Wikipedia; Legacies of British Slavery - Henry Robertson Sandbach; Legacies of British Slavery - George Watson Taylor; Art UK; PSSA; National Portrait Gallery; National Museums Liverpool; Henry Moore Foundation - The Colour of Anxiety: Race, Sexuality and Disorder in Victorian Sculpture; Roberto C. Ferrari and M.G. Sullivan, '‘Men thinking, and women tranquil’: John Gibson’s Portraiture Practice', Tate Papers, 29 (2018)

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Statue of William Huskisson, Liverpool
Statue of William Huskisson, Pimlico Gardens