Reference code
GI/1/39
Title
K. M Bruce, Balmoral, to [John] Gibson
Date
06 Jun [1864]
Level
Item
Extent & medium
1 piece
Content Description
Passing on
the Queen's regrets that Gibson was unable to undertake the group depicting Europe for the memorial to
Prince Albert. She quite understood Gibson's reluctance to exchange the Roman climate for one as cold and unpleasant as their own. The Queen also shared Gibson's displeasure at the proposal to depict at the foot of the cross the rape of Europa by Jupiter in the form of a bull: no one else had pointed out the incongruity.
Associated Material
GI/1/36-41