Portrait of Edward Gibbon: PD.5-2020

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Titles

Portrait of Edward Gibbon

Maker(s)

Brandoin, Michel Vincent

Entities

Drawing

Categories

Drawing

Description

Portrait of Edward Gibbon (1737-1794); full length, holding walking stick, wearing queue wig and frock coat; seated in a garden in Lausanne with mountains behind. Gibbon was a British historian and Member of Parliament. His most well-known work was 'The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire', published in six volumes between 1776 and 1788.

Notes

History note: Gibbon's librarian, the Swiss theologian Jean-David-Paul-Étienne Lavade (d.1834); 'Mons. Greathed No. 9 Boulevard du roe 3 mai 1822' (graphite inscription on the verso of the drawing), possibly Edward Harris Greathed (1770-1840) of Udden House, near Wimborne, Dorset, residing latterly in Versailles and Switzerland

Legal notes

Bequeathed by John Vaughan Hart, 2020

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2020) by Hart, John Vaughan

Dating

18th Century
Circa 1786 - Circa 1789

Note

Made during Gibbon's last stay in Lausanne

Materials used in production

Watercolour
Graphite

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Sheet Height 180 mm Width 130 mm

Techniques used in production

Drawing : Graphite with watercolour on paper

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: Underlined

Text: Gibbon.
Location: Lower centre
Method of creation: Pen and ink
Type: Inscription

References and bibliographic entries

'Brandoin and Gibbon in Lausanne, c. 1787, A drawing rediscovered and a letter explained', British Art Journal page(s): 19-32

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.5-2020
Primary reference Number: 241898
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Audit data

Created: Thursday 13 August 2020 Updated: Monday 27 September 2021

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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