ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN GIBSON R.A. (1790-1866), 1816

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TWO CARVED WHITE MARBLE BUSTS OF ISABELLA AND GEORGE JEROME WATSON TAYLOR
ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN GIBSON R.A. (1790-1866), 1816
Each on a circular marble socle, the sitter's name inscribed to the reverse, signed and dated to the reverse 'I GIBSON FT 1816' and 'I G. F.T 1816' respectively
15 in. (38 cm.) high, and slightly smaller

Provenance

Probably George W. Watson Taylor, M. P., Erlestoke Park, near Devizes, Wiltshire, 1820-1832.

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Lot Essay

Both busts appear in Claudio Bravo's painting Naturaleza Muerta con Esculturas Inglesas, 1991. The bust of George Jerome Watson Taylor also appears in his painting Naturaleza Muerta con Vela, 1983 (P. Bowels and M. Vargas Llosa, Claudio Bravo Pinturas y Dibujos, Madrid, 1996, pp. 109 and 188).

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