Sir John Gilbert
(1817-1897), Painter and illustratorSitter associated with 16 portraits
Artist associated with 10 portraits
Sir John Gilbert worked initially for his father's estate agency, before turning to art. In 1836 he began exhibiting at the Royal Society of British Artists and the British Institution, and from 1842 he was the first artist to contribute historical scenes to the Illustrated London News, making a total of 30,000 illustrations in forty years. Gilbert began to paint in watercolour in 1851; he was elected to the Old Water Colour Society in 1854 and was its President in 1871. He became an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1872 and a Royal Academician in 1876.
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
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by John & Charles Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
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by William Walker & Sons
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862-1866
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by Cundall, Downes & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1864
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by Cundall, Downes & Co
albumen print on card mount, published 1864
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by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, late 1860s?
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by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, late 1860s?
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by John Done & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 1876-1878
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by Lock & Whitfield, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
woodburytype, published 1877
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by Lock & Whitfield
woodburytype on paper mount, 1877 or before
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by and published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, after Joseph Parkin Mayall
photogravure, 1883, published 1884
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by Alexander Bassano
albumen cabinet card, September 1883
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Unknown man formerly called Sir John Gilbert
by George Milner Gibson Jerrard
albumen cabinet card, 1884-1889
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after Elliott & Fry
etching, (late 1860s?)
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by Lock & Whitfield, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
woodburytype, published 1877
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