Matilda Blanche Crawley-Boevey, Mrs William Gibbs (1817-1887)
Lawrence MacDonald (Scotland 1799 - Rome 1878)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1862 (signed and dated)
Materials
Marble
Measurements
675 mm (Height)
Place of origin
Rome
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Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 20158
Summary
White marble sculpture, Matilda Blanche Crawley-Boevey, Mrs William Gibbs (1817-1887) by Lawrence MacDonald (Tayside 1799 - Rome 1878), signed Macdonald Rome 1862. A white marble bust of Mrs William Gibbs, her hair with filet caught in a net.
Provenance
Commissioned by William Gibbs (1790-1875) in Rome in 1862; purchased by the National Trust from the estate of the late George Richard Lawley Gibbs, 2nd Baron Wraxall (1928 – 2001) with the assistance of the NHMF, the Art Fund and donations from members and supporters in 2002
Credit line
Tyntesfield, The Gibbs Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
L. MACDONALD. FECIT. ROMAE. 1862
Makers and roles
Lawrence MacDonald (Scotland 1799 - Rome 1878), sculptor