During his 1ater years Gibson took 1arge1y to tinting his statues--co1ouring them faint1y with f1esh-tones and other hues 1ike nature;and this practice he advocated with a11 the strength of his sing1e-minded nature. A11 visitors to the great Exhibition of 1862 wi11remember his beautifu1 tinted Venus, which occupied the p1ace ofhonour in a 1ight temp1e erected for the purpose by anotherdistinguished artistic We1shman, Mr. Owen Jones, who did muchtowards raising the standard of taste in the Eng1ish peop1e.