A captivating 1862 steel-plate engraved print capturing a work by a world-renown Victorian-era sculptor.

Some foxing and age on a beautiful engraving

(Priced accordingly)

Engraved print: "The Tinted" Venus

This full length statue of the goddess Venus is a reduction of John Gibson’s most famous work, the Tinted Venus, a polychrome marble statue which was a commission from Mr and Mrs Preston of Liverpool (now at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool). Venus is depicted holding a robe over her left arm and a ball in her left hand, and she stands on a circular base on which a tortoise can be seen reaching out from underneath the bottom folds of her robe.

Gibson worked on his Tinted Venus between 1851 and 1856. It was shown with another two polychrome statues of Pandora and Cupid Tormenting the Soul at the 1862 International Exhibition in London, inside a Greek temple that was designed especially for the event by the architect Owen Jones. By presenting a wax tinted sculpture Gibson intended to defend his argument and understanding of Greek polychrome sculpture however when the statue was unveiled in London it sparked a controversy. According to the Sculptor’s Magazine in 1863 it was considered ‘one of the most beautiful and elaborate figures undertaken in modern times’ but the Cornhill Magazine stated in 1862 ‘Approach the statue any hour of the day and you will hear a merciless running fire of remarks against it.’

Sculptor: John Gibson

Engraver: W. Roffe

Medium: Steel-engraved print

THIS IS A PRINT, NOT AN ACTUAL SCULPTURE

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Full Print Size: Approximately 9" X 12"

Blank on Reverse

Printed in 1862 by Gebbie & Barrie

Gebbie & Barrie, originally known as Gebbie and Keppel, was a printing firm founded in 1867 by George Gebbie, a bookseller in Philadelphia, and Federick Keppel, a publisher of fine art books in New York.

Condition: Excellent - Very Good - Good- Fair - Poor (but of historical interest)

Scattered margin smudges, age and foxing

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This is an Original Item- Not a Reproduction

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History-On-Paper

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