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English, 19th century
A marble model of a sleeping dog, by repute carved by John Gibson R.A. circa 1866

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15 April 2008, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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English, 19th century
A marble model of a sleeping dog, by repute carved by John Gibson R.A. circa 1866

12cm wide, 7cm deep, 3.5cm high (4.5in wide, 2.5in deep, 1in high)

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Provenance:
Gifted to Margaret Rogerson (nee Hamilton), daughter of John Hamilton, master tailor of 74 Via del Babuino, Rome by the sculptor John Gibson R.A., circa 1866.

Margaret Rodgerson was born on the 12 June 1843 and lived with her three sisters and father not far from Gibson's home in Rome. Her father made Gibson's clothes and the family attended the Anglican church which Gibson also attended. Margaret and her sisters became used to seeing Gibson and his dog whom they became very attached to. Upon the death of their father in 1866, Gibson presented Margaret with a small carving of his beloved dog as a token of his fond affection before she and her sisters returned to England to live with their guardian John Gallan at Street House, Ponteland, Newcastle Upon Tyne. An extract of Margaret Hamilton's journal, with attached photograph and address in Rome details her fathers funeral and her subsequent journey from Rome to England in 1866. She later marred Rev. George Rogerson who became the Curate at Ponteland Church between 1873 and 1874 and had four children, three of which pre-deceased her before her death on 3rd January 1923. Her only surviving son was the Rev. Charles Rogerson who inherited the carving opon her death. In 1958, towards the end of his life, the Rev. Charles wrote a brief account of the history of the piece as he knew it and confirmed the family provenance and its connection with Gibson...

'Here is a little account which I would like at to the last to be placed and attached to my last will. It concerns a small piece of sculpture done by John Gibson, a Welshborn, born in Conway, North Wales, in the church there is a monument to his memory. He died in the same year as my grandfather, in 1866. He had on many occasions come to 'Osbourne' on the direction of Queen Victoria, to do the special sculpture work for which he had become famous. His last gift to my dear old mother when she and our sisters had come to England on the death of their father. She had always admired his dog and he always told her that when she came to England she should bring it with her. The sculpture was done by him just before his death and so came to England as he wished. It is a small piece of work sculptured in yellow porphyry. The dog is laid on its favourite rug and fixed on an old piece of marble from an ancient sculpture in the Palatine Gills in Rome: As the porphyry is a delicate material precauctions were given that is should never be cleaned except with the purest soap.'

The Rev. Charles also notes that the carving originally had an attached label detailing its history but this was cleaned away by an over zealous housekeeper on an occasion he was involved with his Sunday ecclesiastical duties.

The piece then passed to the vendor's mother Mary Margaret Hulme (nee Rodgerson) in 1959 and thence by descent.

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