QUEEN VICTORIA AND THE ARTIST.
X correspondent of the London Times relate the following pteuainj* incident concernin thts Queer* and Sculptor Osl;aon. During hot seaport of EB4t> I saw mneh t>i Gibson" a* tfw> I'ugni di Lucci, that cool M«{ lowly spot whither he fiad Howt» fron» the fervid h *** a -Kuoiaa summer. In familiar con, ■vrsH.tuaa he one «foy related t» me the foil wing: anecdote At the first 1 sittins* ill Majesty g:ive me not a Word was spoken 0n «ither aide, and at its conclusion I dej- •**«&,. according to ctt♦l«etter in sufonm «kfte<s* Oo the next tiCcaaion r when the taken Iter seat, solemn silence v *** *» ain the order of the day, but after *oi * sn S for ati>me timc the dreadful monotony W«ame absolutely insupportable, and the flashed •aoM me, said Gibson, this wiU DCrer
do, and on the impulse of the moment I tnrned round, ar.d, panting to the model, übd, ' Does pnr Majesty like thetiara I have placed or the head 1" ' Oh, yes, Mr. Gibson/ exclaimed the Queen, in a bright and smiting way, * I think it is very nice/" The incubus was removed, and from that moment till the completion of the statue Gibson had never again to complain ©f stlwnee, and the Queen herself listened with evident interest to the Roman anecdotes that Gibson related from tlie stores of his fertile memory.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 286, 23 March 1877, Page 4
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231QUEEN VICTORIA AND THE ARTIST. Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 286, 23 March 1877, Page 4
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