John Gibson [to the secretary of the Royal Academy of Milan]

RA Collection: Archive

Archive context

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Reference code

GI/1/376

Title

John Gibson [to the secretary of the Royal Academy of Milan]

Date

c. 1861

Level

Item

Extent & medium

1 piece

Content Description

Draft letter acknowledging the receipt of his diploma from the Royal Academy of Milan. Gibson mentions his training under Canova for five years from 1817, the fact that he had then been in Rome for 44 years, and the great courtesy he had always received from his fellow Italian artists.