Lot Essay
The present drawing has always been recorded as a design for a building at Hackwood Park. Gibson may have been working in the Office of John Vardy.
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Plans and an Elevation of Houses for the Genovese
Details
G.G. Gibson, circa 1780
Plans and an Elevation of Houses for the Genovese
signed and dated 'G.G: Gibson/31st May 1783' (lower left), further inscribed 'Plans of the Houses of two Stories for the Genevese [sic]' (upper edge) and annotated with room names and measurements
pencil, pen and brown ink, pink, blue and grey wash
20 x 12¾ in. (50.8 x 32.4 cm.)
Plans and an Elevation of Houses for the Genovese
signed and dated 'G.G: Gibson/31
pencil, pen and brown ink, pink, blue and grey wash
20 x 12¾ in. (50.8 x 32.4 cm.)
Provenance
The Dukes of Bolton, and by descent to
William, 5th Baron Bolton (1869-1944), by whom sold to
William, 1st Viscount Camrose (1879-1954), and by descent.
William, 5th Baron Bolton (1869-1944), by whom sold to
William, 1st Viscount Camrose (1879-1954), and by descent.