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Portrait bust of James Gibbs (© V&A Picture Library)
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© V&A Picture Library

Portrait bust of James Gibbs

Artist: John Michael Rysbrack (1694 - 1770)

Location: Victoria and Albert Museum

Date: 1726

Materials: white marble

Dimensions: 67 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £50,000 (Total: £465,000)

Vendor: St Martin-in-the-Fields

Review number: 3412 (1989)

Provenance:
Given by William Boore to St-Martin-in-the-Fields in 1885.

Description:
Portrait bust of James Gibbs (1682-1754) dressed in wig and open shirt. An engraved brass plaque set in a black marble block added to the socle records the gift of the bust of St Martin's by a certain William Boore in 1885.

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