Thomas Gilbert
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Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue
Thomas Gilbert
by Unknown artist
1780s
2 7/8 in. x 2 1/8 in. (72 mm x 55 mm) oval
NPG 6070
This portraitback to top
The only known portrait of Gilbert; the identification is based on family tradition.
Physical descriptionback to top
Blue eyes, grey powdered hair, wearing a black coat; a green curtain in the background.
Provenanceback to top
By descent to the sitter’s great-grandson, F. H. Gilbert in 1932,1 thence to S. F. Anderton, The Hague, from whom purchased 1988.
1 When it was considered doubtful whether Gilbert was ‘of sufficient fame for this Gallery’ (H. M. Hake, 18 February 1932).
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.