Richard Gibson (1615 – 23 July 1690), known as "Dwarf Gibson", was an English painter of portrait miniatures and a court dwarf in England during the reigns of Charles I, Oliver Cromwell, Charles II, and William III and Mary II. Both Andrew Marvell and Edmund Waller wrote poems addressed to him. == Life == His early life is undocumented, but he is said to have been a page in the service of a lady in Mortlake, who recognised his artistic talent.
Richard Gibson (1615 – 23 July 1690), known as "Dwarf Gibson", was an English painter of portrait miniatures and a court dwarf in England during the reigns of Charles I, Oliver Cromwell, Charles II, and William III and Mary II. Both Andrew Marvell and Edmund Waller wrote poems addressed to him. == Life == His early life is undocumented, but he is said to have been a page in the service of a lady in Mortlake, who recognised his artistic talent.
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