Gibson the dwarf [art original]

Description

Title: Gibson the dwarf [art original]
Creator: Vertue, George, 1684-1756
Published / Created: [between 1720 and 1756?]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Drawing of Richard Gibson, called Dwarf Gibson, in doublet, holding a bow in his left hand and arrows on his right
Description: George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
Provenance: Purchased by Horace Walpole from Vertue's widow. Sold to Evans at the Strawberry Hill sale, viii.122. Purchased by Wilmarth S. Lewis from Drake, December 1949.
Extent: 1 drawing : 26 x 20 cm, mounted on sheet 28.5 x 21 cm
Language: English

Genre: Graphite drawings British 18th century
Material: pencil ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Gibson, Richard, 1605/1615?-1690,
Subject (Topic): Dwarfs
Artists
British
Subjects: Gibson, Richard, 1605/1615?-1690
Dwarfs
Artists > British
British > 18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ms. notes

Access: Public
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Citation: George Vertue, Gibson the Drawf. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.