Portrait of John Gibson | |
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Artist | Margaret Sarah Carpenter |
Year | 1857 |
Type | Oil on canvas, portrait painting |
Dimensions | 234 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]