Fonds GB 0210 JOHSON - John Gibson papers

John Gibson (1790-1866) was one of the most renowned sculptors of the Victorian era. Born in Conwy, Caernarfonshire, and raised in Liverpool, Lancashire, he spent much of his working life in Rome, Italy, after moving there in 1817. He recieved early commissions and encouragement from William Roscoe, the Liverpool historian. He died in Rome in 1866, and is buried in the English Cemetery there. He had produced work for Queen Victoria, the Duke of Devonshire and the King of Bavaria. Gibson worked mainly in white marble, and produced a range of statues, funerary monuments, portrait busts and reliefs. He corresponded over a lengthy period with Mr and Mrs Henry Sandbach of Liverpool and Hafodunos, Llangernyw, Denbighshire; Mrs Sandbach was the granddaughter of William Roscoe.