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Sculptor Surname Gibson  Co Sculptor Surname  
First Name John RA  Co Sculptor First Name  
Date 1851-1856  Category Statue 
Subject ‘Tinted Venus’ (Venus verticordia) 
Other Versions RA, London, two, 03/6185 and 03/1922, marble and plaster
Royal Coll, reduced version, marble
AGNSW, Sydney, ex coll Judge Josephson
Sotheby, 21 June 1988; untraced
Sotheby, 19 April 2000; untraced 
Drawings   Materials
Marble 
Size
175cm 
Models   Payments  
Alterations   Status
 
Signed Date
S  
Exhibitions RA, London, 1839, 1303; 1862 Int Exhib; Crystal Palace, Sydenham;  Signature ‘Gibson made this in Rome’ in Greek, on the turtle at Venus’s feet 
Original Location   Original Owner  
Location 2   Owner 2  
Location 3   Owner 3  
Location 4   Owner 4  
Location 5   Owner 5  
Location 6   Owner 6  
Location Current Walker, Liverpool  Owner Current  
Literary Reference Read 1982, 25-6, 60, 141, 200, 201, 203 (col repr 2); Blühm 1996, 122-3 (repr); Frasca-Rath and Wickham 2016, 10 (colour repr p.13)