Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue
Thomas Gilbert (circa 1720-1798), Politician and poor law reformer
- Gallery portraits
- Biography and References
Politician, of Cotton, Staffs.; MP 1763-95; his many pamphlets principally addressed the subject of poor relief - his name should be ‘written in letters of gold, for the uncommon pains he had taken to assist the poor’; he also campaigned for improved road and canal transport.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Ingamells, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, National Portrait Gallery, 2004, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Ingamells, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, National Portrait Gallery, 2004, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.