John Gilbert Collection

Timon and Apemantus, 1883. Artist: Sir John Gilbert
Timon and Apemantus, 1883. Two characters from Shakespeares play Timon of Athens sitting under trees in the wilderness

"A Tavern Brawl", by John Gilbert, ...Exhibition of the Society of Painters in Water Colours, 1864
"A Tavern Brawl", by John Gilbert, in the Exhibition of the Society of Painters in Water Colours, 1864. Engraving of a painting

Tableau of Shakspeare characters, designed by John Gilbert, 1864. Creator: W Thomas
Tableau of Shakspeare characters, designed by John Gilbert, 1864. Illustration celebrating the tricentenary of Shakespeare's birth

Macbeth
5308138 Macbeth.; (add.info.: Title page for Macbeth by William Shakespeare (1564-1616) an English poet, playwright, and actor

A Midsummer Night's Dream
5308135 A Midsummer Night's Dream.; (add.info.: Title page for A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare. A Midsummer Night's Dream is one of Shakespeare's comedies)

Twelfth Night
5308134 Twelfth Night.; (add.info.: Title page for Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare. Twelfth Night (or What You Will) is one of Shakespeare's comedies

All's Well That Ends Well
5308136 All's Well That Ends Well.; (add.info.: Title page for All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare (1564-1616) an English poet, playwright, and actor

As You Like It
5308139 As You Like It.; (add.info.: Title page for As You Like It by William Shakespeare. As You Like It is a pastoral comedy. William Shakespeare (1564-1616) an English poet, playwright, and actor

A Winter's Tale
5308137 A Winter's Tale.; (add.info.: Title page for A Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare. A Winter's Tale is one of Shakespeare's comedies)

Carol-singing in Yorkshire - drawn by John Gilbert, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Carol-singing in Yorkshire - drawn by John Gilbert, 1864. In every corner of our island this "sort of holy song, " though set to secular music

"Squire Mayduke's Daughter" - drawn by John Gilbert, 1862. Creator: Unknown
"Squire Mayduke's Daughter" - drawn by John Gilbert, 1862. Illustration to a short story by Augustus Mayhew. From "Illustrated London News", 1862

The Wassail Bowl - drawn by John Gilbert, 1860. Creator: Smyth
all! welcome all! The feast is spread in the vaulted hall...The gen'rous wassail-bowl With kindness warms the soul. We quaff it to friends, we quaff it to foes

"Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar", from "The Boy's Book of Ballads", 1860. Creator: W Thomas
"Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar", from "The Boy's Book of Ballads", 1860. Of the romantic characteristics of John Gilbert's illustrations it is of course unnecessary to

Christ's Hospital and Christmas Eve - drawn by John Gilbert, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Christ's Hospital and Christmas Eve - drawn by John Gilbert, 1857. Festive scene outside the Blue Coat School in Newgate Street, City of London. From "Illustrated London News", 1857

The Twelfth-Night Wassail-Bowl, 1856. Creator: Sir John Gilbert
The Twelfth-Night Wassail-Bowl, 1856. 17th century scene: peasants visiting the lord and lady of the manor at Christmas....the bowl was filled with spiced wine

"A Sketch in the Fruit Market at Rio Janeiro" - by J. Gilbert, 1856. Creator: Unknown
"A Sketch in the Fruit Market at Rio Janeiro" - by J. Gilbert, 1856. Engraving of a painting. From "Illustrated London News", 1856

"The Standard Bearer" - by J. Gilbert - from the Exhibition of Old Water Colours, 1856. Creator: Unknown
"The Standard Bearer" - by J. Gilbert - from the Exhibition of Old Water Colours, 1856. Engraving of a painting. From "Illustrated London News", 1856

"Shylock and Jessica" - drawn by John Gilbert, 1854. Creator: Unknown
"Shylock and Jessica" - drawn by John Gilbert, 1854. Mr. Gilbert has selected for Illustration a scene from Shakspeare's charming; play of "The Merchant of Venice." It

"Peter Paul Rubens", by J. Gilbert, in the Exhibition of the Society of Painters in Water... 1862
"Peter Paul Rubens", by J. Gilbert, in the Exhibition of the Society of Painters in Water Colours, 1862. Engraving of a painting

"Cardinal Wolsey and the Duke of Buckingham", by John Gilbert, in the Gallery of the... 1862
"Cardinal Wolsey and the Duke of Buckingham", by John Gilbert, in the Gallery of the British Institution, 1862. Engraving of a painting

Onward, 1890 (oil on canvas)
MAN277435 Onward, 1890 (oil on canvas) by Gilbert, John (1817-97); 152.8x122.1 cm; Manchester Art Gallery, UK; © Manchester Art Gallery

Illustration for the poem of Shakespeare "The Passionate Pilgrim" (chromolithograph)
UTD4950885 Illustration for the poem of Shakespeare "The Passionate Pilgrim" (chromolithograph) by Gilbert, John (1817-97); (add.info.: "Crabbed age and youth cannot live together)

William Makepeace Thackeray
3777199 William Makepeace Thackeray - by Gilbert, John (1817-97); (add.info.: William Makepeace Thackeray-Posthumous portrait. Painting by John Gilbert)

John Gilbert (b / w photo)
6033113 John Gilbert (b/w photo) by American Photographer (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: John Gilbert)

Sir John Gilbert, English painter (engraving)
3626534 Sir John Gilbert, English painter (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sir John Gilbert (1817-1897), English painter

John Gilbert (engraving)
1614896 John Gilbert (engraving) by Gilbert, John (1817-97) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: John Gilbert. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 14 May 1892)

Landscape Sketch, 1877. Creator: Sir John Gilbert
Landscape Sketch, 1877

The Taming of the Shrew, 1861. Creator: Sir John Gilbert
The Taming of the Shrew, 1861

Sir John Falstaff Reviewing His Ragged Regiment, 1858. Creator: Sir John Gilbert
Sir John Falstaff Reviewing His Ragged Regiment, 1858. A scene from Henry IV, Part II, Act III, Scene 2

Preparing For The Charge, 1873. Creator: Sir John Gilbert
Preparing For The Charge, 1873

A Windy Day, 1885. Creator: Sir John Gilbert
A Windy Day, 1885

Scene From Shakespeares The Merchant Of Venice, 1865. Creator: Sir John Gilbert
Scene From Shakespeares The Merchant Of Venice, 1865. Illustrates Act III, Scene I

Old Cottages At Lewisham, 1876. Creator: Sir John Gilbert
Old Cottages At Lewisham, 1876

The Baggage Wagon, 1884. Creator: Sir John Gilbert
The Baggage Wagon, 1884

Study of Trees, 1874. Creator: Sir John Gilbert
Study of Trees, 1874

The Return Of The Victors, 1878-1879. Creator: Sir John Gilbert
The Return Of The Victors, 1878-1879

L Atelier de Rembrandt, tableau de J. Gilbert (Rembrandts Studio, a painting by J. Gilbert), from " L Univers Illustre, " p. 395, November 14, 1861

The Return of Ivan the Terrible to Moscow after the Conquest of Kazan. Creator: Sir John Gilbert
The Return of Ivan the Terrible to Moscow after the Conquest of Kazan. Ivan the Terrible of Russia (1530-1584) successfully besieged the city of Kazan which was held by the Tartars

The Woodman and His Dog, 1862. Creator: Sir John Gilbert
The Woodman and His Dog, 1862. A pipe-smoking man with an axe on his way to chop wood

Women have taken over mens jobs. BBC control room as a programme goes on air 1942
Women have taken over mens jobs. Two of them in a BBC control room as a programme goes on the air, 1942. From " Calling All Nations", by T. O. Beachcroft

Shipmates Ashore. John G. Winant, Ernest Bevin, with merchant seamen, 1942 Creator
" Shipmates Ashore. American women workers who heard this programme, which goes out over the seven seas, presented the British Merchant Navy with a London club

William Makepeace Thackeray 1811-1863, c1850, (1942). Creator: Sir John Gilbert
William Makepeace Thackeray 1811-1863, c1850, (1942). From " English Novelists", by Elizabeth Bowen. [Collins, London, 1942]

Allied Leaders Confer in Cairo, November 1943, (1945). Creator: Unknown
Allied Leaders Confer in Cairo, November 1943, (1945). Meeting in the Egyptian capital during the Second World War. Front row: Chinese leader Chiang Kai-Shek, US President Franklin D Roosevelt

Guy Fawkes before James the First, c1870, (c1900). Creator: Unknown
Guy Fawkes before James the First, c1870, (c1900). Victorian depiction of Guy Fawkes being brought before King James I after the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot in 1605

Meeting of Henry VIII and Francis I. at Ardres - The Field of the Cloth of Gold, 1520, (1855). 19th century depiction of the meeting between Henry VIII of England

Macbeth visiting the three witches on the blasted heath, 1858. Artist: Sir John Gilbert
Macbeth visiting the three witches on the blasted heath, 1858. Title page to Macbeth from an edition of William Shakespeares works published in London in 1858

Title page for Macbeth by William Shakespeare

Title page for Alls Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare

Title page for A Winters Tale by William Shakespeare

John Gilbert Wallock Co Anderson 1875 Albumen silver print
John Gilbert Wallock Co; Anderson; about 1875; Albumen silver print

Henry VIII and Cardinal Wolsey, c1888, (c1920). Artist: Sir John Gilbert
Henry VIII and Cardinal Wolsey, c1888, (c1920). A version of Ego et Rex Meus (Me and my King) - King Henry VIII talking with Cardinal Wolsey. Wolsey dominated Henrys government from 1515 to 1529

Hyla nasuta, rocket frog
BMNH 1947.2.22.81, formerly 1936.12.3.192. F, adult. Spirit specimen. Collected by John Gilbert at Port Essington [1840-1841]. Designated holotype of Pelodytes nasutus Gray, 1842

Banditti, 1873. Artist: Sir John Gilbert
Banditti, 1873. Bandits, including two on horseback, in a landscape

Harlech Castle from the ramparts, 1850. Artist: Sir John Gilbert
Harlech Castle from the ramparts, 1850

Interior view of the Royal Closet in St Jamess Palace, Westminster, London, c1840. The Archbishops and Bishops congratulating Queen Victoria on her birthday

The Royal Closet in St Jamess Palace, Westminster, London, c1840. Showing Queen Victoria giving an audience to an ambassador

Drawing-room in St Jamess Palace, Westminster, London, c1840

Presentation ceremony in St Jamess Palace, Westmister, London, c1840. People being presented to Queen Victoria in the drawing-room

Morden College, Greenwich, London, c1832. Artist: William Day
Morden College, Greenwich, London, c1832

View of Blackheath, showing windmills and buildings, Greenwich, London, 1832. Artist
View of Blackheath, showing windmills and buildings, Greenwich, London, 1832

Banquet at Lucentios house, 1859. Artist: Sir John Gilbert
Banquet at Lucentios house, 1859. A scene from Shakespeares The Taming of the Shrew

Sir Andrew Aguecheek Writes a Challenge, 1859. Artist: Sir John Gilbert
Sir Andrew Aguecheek Writes a Challenge, 1859. A scene from Shakespeares Twelth Night

The Angel Inn, Midhurst, 1865. Artist: Sir John Gilbert
The Angel Inn, Midhurst, 1865

The Sea near Hastings, 1853. Artist: Sir John Gilbert
The Sea near Hastings, 1853. View with a church to the left

Othello and Desdemona before the Senate, 1847. Scene from Shakespeares Othello

Arrest of Lord Hastings, c1856-1859. Artist: Sir John Gilbert
Arrest of Lord Hastings, c1856-1859

La Chapelle du Sang de Dieu, Bruges, 1846. Artist: Sir John Gilbert
La Chapelle du Sang de Dieu, Bruges, 1846. View of the Chapel of the Holy Blood in Bruges, Belgium

Ghent, 1893. Artist: Sir John Gilbert
Ghent, 1893. View of the Belgian city with buildings, and monks and other figures on the canal side

Hudibras in the Stocks, 1850. Artist: Sir John Gilbert
Hudibras in the Stocks, 1850. A scene taken from the three-part mock-heroic satire Sir Hudibras by Samuel Butler. Sir Hudibras, a Presbyterian knight

St John Preaching in the Wilderness, 1883. Artist: Sir John Gilbert
St John Preaching in the Wilderness, 1883. St John stands on the bank of a stream preaching to a large gathering of people sitting on the opposite bank

A Halt, 1888. Artist: Sir John Gilbert
A Halt, 1888. Figures rest beneath a tree whilst a soldier stands with his horse

Warriors Resting, 19th century. Artist: Sir John Gilbert
Warriors Resting, 19th century. Warriors rest in a woodland clearing, two sitting down while their horses graze, and a third on horseback carrying a spear

Franks Hall near Farningham, 1846. Artist: Sir John Gilbert
Franks Hall near Farningham, 1846

Army Waggons in a Ravine, c1837-1897. Artist
Army Waggons in a Ravine, c1837-1897

Wraysbury, Buckinghamshire, 1872. Artist
Wraysbury, Buckinghamshire, 1872

Edinburgh from the Artists Room; inscribed sketch from my bedroom window, 1845
Edinburgh from the Artists Room ; inscribed sketch from my bedroom window, 1845

The Lost Route, 1894. Artist: Sir John Gilbert
The Lost Route, 1894. A knight encounters a family in the forest

Interior view of the Stock Exchange, Bartholomew Lane, City of London, 1841. Artist
Interior view of the Stock Exchange, Bartholomew Lane, City of London, 1841

Presentation of the Freedom of the City to General Garibaldi, April 20 1864. Artist
Presentation of the Freedom of the City to General Garibaldi, April 20 1864

Young Man with a Book, 1883. Artist: Sir John Gilbert
Young Man with a Book, 1883. A man wearing medieval or Tudor costume sits looking at a book. In one hand he holds a quill pen, and with the other he rubs his moustache in thought

A Standard Bearer, 1892. Artist: Sir John Gilbert
A Standard Bearer, 1892. A man in the seventeenth century costume of the Civil War period, wearing a large cavalier-style hat, holding a standard or flag. He has a sword at his waist

Landscape with Hunting Party, (1893?). Artist: Sir John Gilbert
Landscape with Hunting Party, (1893?). A hunting party travelling through a hilly landsape, with a stream running past them in the foreground

National Guard at The Tuileries, 1846?. Artist: Sir John Gilbert
The National Guard on Parade at The Tuileries, 1846?. A large number of soldiers gather together, while in the background are figures on horseback and a smart building

Horsemen at the time of Charles I, 1876. Artist: Sir John Gilbert
Horsemen at the time of Charles I, 1876. Amongst the horses men are trying to protect themselves from being whipped. In the centre of the group is a mounted cavalry officer in uniform

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Sir John Gilbert, a renowned English painter, left an indelible mark on the art world with his captivating works. From depicting scenes from Shakespeare's plays to capturing landscapes in all their glory, Gilbert's talent knew no bounds. In "Timon and Apemantus, " painted in 1883, Gilbert masterfully brings to life the complex relationship between these two characters. The intensity of their interaction is palpable as they engage in a thought-provoking conversation. Another iconic piece by Gilbert is "Macbeth visiting the three witches on the blasted heath" from 1858. With meticulous attention to detail, he portrays Macbeth's encounter with supernatural forces that ultimately shape his tragic fate. Gilbert's versatility shines through in "Onward, " an oil on canvas masterpiece created in 1890. This vibrant painting exudes a sense of determination and resilience as it depicts figures marching forward against all odds. His artistic prowess extended beyond paintings; even his illustrations were awe-inspiring. In the chromolithograph for Shakespeare's poem "The Passionate Pilgrim, " Gilbert skillfully captures the essence of romance and longing. Not limited to theatrical subjects, Gilbert also delved into historical events like "Henry VIII and Cardinal Wolsey. " Through this piece, created around 1888 but popularized later in 1920, he transports us back to a time of political intrigue and power struggles. Gilbert was not only captivated by fictional characters but also real-life personalities like William Makepeace Thackeray. His portrait immortalizes Thackeray's intellectual brilliance and literary genius. Through various engravings and photographs bearing his name or likeness, we catch glimpses of Sir John Gilbert himself—a man dedicated to his craft and passionate about leaving behind a lasting legacy.