Portrait of John Gibson

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Portrait of John Gibson
John Gibson by Margaret Sarah Carpenter (nee Geddes).jpg
Artist Margaret Sarah Carpenter
Year1857
Type Oil on canvas, portrait painting
Dimensions234 cm× 181 cm(92.1 in× 71.1 in)
Location National Portrait Gallery , London

Portrait of John Gibson is an 1857 portrait painting by the British artist Margaret Sarah Carpenter, one of the most prominent female painters in early Victorian Britain. [1] It depicts the sculptor John Gibson, a member of the Royal Academy. [2]

The work was display at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition of 1857. Today the painting is in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery in London, having been purchased in 1867. [3]

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