约翰·吉布森给约翰·乌德尼的信，其中包含亨利·法纳姆的信息 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	约翰·吉布森给约翰·乌德尼的信，其中包含亨利·法纳姆的信息
品名（英）	Letter from John Gibson to John Udny, containing information for Henry Farnum
入馆年号	1977年，1977.382.14
策展部门	绘画和印刷品（Drawings and Prints）
创作者	John Gibson【1790 至 1866】【英国人，出生于威尔士】
创作年份	公元 1850
创作地区
分类	手稿（Manuscripts）
尺寸	页 (folded in half): 9 11/16 × 7 3/8 英寸 (24.6 × 18.8 厘米)
介绍（中）	1850年，英国雕塑家吉布森在罗马撰文，向利沃诺的约翰·乌德尼提供了两尊大理石雕像"奥罗拉"和"伪装成牧羊人的丘比特"的价格信息。后者是费城收藏家Henry Farnum的中间人，verso上的地址表明Udny通过位于利物浦的Baring Brothers银行将这封信转交给了Farnum。通过海路抵达意大利的游客通常来自托斯卡纳利沃诺港（英国人称利沃诺），吉布森的记者可能是一名大理石商人，他是另一位约翰·乌德尼（1755-1802）的后裔，他是1790年代英国驻该港的副领事。法纳姆最终获得了这封信中描述和绘制的吉布森的《伪装的丘比特》版本（现在的哈佛艺术博物馆/福格博物馆），由于大理石上有一条黑线，所以以半价出售。吉布森的第一个版本制作于1830年，非常受欢迎，他最终为欧洲和美国的顾客制作了八个重复版本和几个缩小版本。这封信的捐赠者是法纳姆的曾孙女，她也拥有这座相关的雕像（现在的哈佛艺术博物馆/Fogg）。
介绍（英）	Writing from Rome in 1850, the British sculptor Gibson here supplies price information on two marble statues, "Aurora" and "Cupid Disguised as a Shepherd," to John Udny in Livorno. The latter was acting as intermediary for a Philadelphia collector, Henry Farnum and addresses inscribed on the verso indicate that Udny forwarded the letter to Farnum via the Baring Brothers bank in Liverpool. Visitors to Italy arriving by sea often came through the Tuscan port of Livorno (called Leghorn by the British) and Gibson's correspondent may have been a marble dealer who descended from another John Udny (1755-1802), British vice consul at that port in the 1790s. Farnum did eventually acquire the version of Gibson's "Cupid Disguised" described and sketched in this letter (now Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum), offered at half price because of a dark line running through the marble. Gibson's first version was made in 1830 and proved so popular that he eventually produced eight repetitions and several reduced versions for European and American patrons. The donor of this letter was Farnham's great-grandaughter who also owned the related statue (now Harvard Art Museums/Fogg).