# Rookwood Pottery

**George Gibson** (1820–1896)  
1886  
Pen and ink, brush and black and brown watercolor, grey gouache, graphite on illustration board  
53.6 × 36.6 cm (21 1/8 × 14 7/16 in.)

Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 1950-56-2. [The museum's record](https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/102534).

## About this work

Groups of pottery arranged on four shelves, along the top of the page and to the left.

_Text from Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum._

George Gibson painted this in 1886, aged 66. It is now at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York.

### How it was made

- **Opaque watercolour.** Watercolour made opaque with white or chalk and laid in flat, even layers. Persian and Indian painters ground their colours from minerals, applied them with the finest brushes and burnished the finished page.
- **Watercolour.** Pigment in gum arabic, thinned with water and laid in transparent washes. Nothing white is painted: the light is the paper showing through.
- **Graphite.** Pencil. Graphite has been used for drawing since the 1500s; in 1795 Nicolas-Jacques Conté mixed it with clay, so its hardness could be graded.

### [George Gibson](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/george-gibson)

1820–1896

## Facts

- Type: Drawing
- The artist was 66
- Real size: about 21 × 14 in (54 × 37 cm). The 16 × 20 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 19th century
- Movement: [Realism](https://www.ochreeditions.com/movements/realism)
- Subjects: Graphic arts
- Colour: white
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/1750.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1750/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42; 16 × 20 in $56; 18 × 24 in $68; 20 × 30 in $86; 24 × 36 in $108; 30 × 40 in $148
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164; 20 × 30 in $208; 24 × 36 in $258; 30 × 40 in $338
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98; 18 × 24 in $118; 20 × 30 in $148; 24 × 36 in $178; 30 × 40 in $228
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3; 20 × 30 in $5; 24 × 36 in $5; 30 × 40 in $5

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/rookwood-pottery-si-chndm-1950-56-2).