Reference code
GI/1/386
Title
[John Gibson, to an unnamed correspondent]
Date
c. 1860
Level
Item
Extent & medium
1 piece
Content Description
In response to a letter about Gibson's statue of 'Venus'. Gibson is impressed by the writer's remarks. Gibson affirms his devotion to Greek ideals of artistic perfection, and asks what is sculpture with beauty?, giving the answer "dead stone", and what without tinting?, giving the answer "cold stone".