Paintings - 11th September 2013
Lot 130
After John Downman Portraits of the Gibbs and Hucks family Set of four
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £500
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Description
After John Downman
Portraits of the Gibbs and Hucks family
Set of four, three signed and dated 1780, 1781, 1782
All pencil and watercolour heightened with white over a printed base, oval
Each 18 x 14cm; 7 x 5½in (4)
Abraham Gibbs (1754-1782) was engaged to Dorothea Hucks (1760-1824) but when he died suddenly she married his brother Antony Gibbs (1756-1815) and they had 5 children one of which was William Gibbs (1790--1875) of Tyntesfield