E. S. Biggs, Emmets, Seven Oaks, Kent, to [John] Gibson

RA Collection: Archive

Archive context

Showing item 22 of 391 in this group

Reference code

GI/1/21

Title

E. S. Biggs, Emmets, Seven Oaks, Kent, to [John] Gibson

Date

02 Aug 1831

Level

Item

Extent & medium

1 piece

Historical Background

John Gibson, marble statue of William Huskisson, c. 1836.

Content Description

The writer, among much other personal matter, states that he had written to Mr Earle about the monument to William Huskisson, to inform the committee on the monument that Gibson was too great a master of his art to condescend to compete by sketches with his inferiors. Mr Rennie had declined to take part for the same reason.