[family group portrait] - Gibbs, R. (My University, 2008)
Little is known of the present artist. An entry in Strickland's Dictionary of Irish Artists mentions R. Gibbs as a portrait painter living in Patrick Street, Cork in 1810. Gibbs could also be associated with the Scottish painter Robert Gibb. The present painting is one of several portraits attributed to him. It is also one of a pair of unnamed portraits.
Keywords: Portrait; Upper class families; Gentry; Babies; Children; Women; Men; Interior architecture