William Gibson (painter)

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Mary Eyre, née Bigoe, attributed to Gibson

William Gibson (1644–1702) was an English miniature painter. He was a pupil and copyist of Lely.

Biography

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Early life and career

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William Gibson was nephew of Richard Gibson, the dwarf, from whom he received instruction. He was also a pupil of Sir Peter Lely, and was very successful in his copies of Lely's works. He attained great eminence as a miniature painter, and was largely employed by the nobility. At the sale of Lely's collection of prints and drawings by the old masters, Gibson bought a great number, and added considerably to them by subsequent purchases.

Some of his works are

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Death

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He resided in the parish of St. Giles-in-the-Fields, and died of a "lethargy" in 1702, aged 58. He was buried at Richmond in Surrey.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Cust 1890, p. 288.

* Walpole, Horace (1876). Anecdotes of Painting in England. Dallaway, James; Wornum, Ralph N. (eds.). Vol. 2. London: Chatto and Windus. p. 151.

  • "Gibson, William (1644–1703)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/10640. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  • "Gibson, William". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford Art Online. 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2022.


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