Record ID:
35123702 (Libraries Australia Authorities)
Authority type:
  • Name.
Description conventions:
  • rda
LC number:
  • n 79067866 n 2002079554
Heading:
Birth:
  • 18170721
  • Blackheath, Surrey
Death:
  • 18971005
Fields of activity:
  • Art
Occupations:
  • Artist Illustrator Engraver
Used for:
  • Gilbert, 1817-1897
  • Gilbert, John, Sir, 1817-1897
Notes:
  • The poetical works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1856 t.p. (John Gilbert)
  • Concise DNB (Gilbert, Sir John; b. 1817; d. 1897; historical painter and draughtsman on wood)
  • A pottle of strawberries, 1848 t.p. (Gilbert)
  • Wikipedia, Sept. 26, 2012 (Sir John Gilbert (21 July 1817-5 October 1897) was an English artist, illustrator and engraver. He was born in Blackheath, Surrey, and taught himself to paint. Skilled in several media, he gained the nickname, "the Scott of painting". He was best known for the illustrations and woodcuts he produced for the Illustrated London News. ; mastered watercolour, oils, and other media ; became president of the Old Watercolour Society in 1871 ; In 1872 he was knighted)
Local system number:
  • (AuCNL)907868
  • 000000124372
  • abv00166609
Cataloguing source:
  • DLC eng DLC PPL DLC NN DLC rda IlMchBWI
Authentication code:
  • kin