[John Gibson, to an unnamed correspondent]

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Reference code

GI/1/379

Title

[John Gibson, to an unnamed correspondent]

Date

[1859]

Level

Item

Extent & medium

1 piece

Content Description

Copy letter asking his correspondent to submit his thanks to King Louis of Bavaria for the honour of a statue. Gibson mentions the kindness he had received from the king in the course of his visits to Rome, and calls him the "greatest patron of art since ancient times".