K. Vickris Dickinson, Kingweston, Somerton, Somerset, to [John] Gibson

RA Collection: Archive

Archive context

Showing item 101 of 391 in this group

Reference code

GI/1/99

Title

K. Vickris Dickinson, Kingweston, Somerton, Somerset, to [John] Gibson

Date

18 Sep [1861]

Level

Item

Extent & medium

1 piece

Historical Background

Harriet Hosmer's sculpture of 'Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra' was made in about 1857.

Content Description

The writer was sorry not to have seen Gibson when he was in England. She asks him what masterpiece he had last producedand if he had heard lately of Miss Hosmer, who, she had heard, was sending her 'Zenobia' to the 1862 exhibition.