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J GILBERT

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 8 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GILBERT  .-GILBERT,
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painting the Portrait of Anne Boleyn," " Don Quixote's first Interview with the Duke and Duchess," 1842, " Charlemagne visiting the
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Schools," 1846 . " Touchstone and the Shepherd," and " Rembrandt," a very
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fine piece, were both there in 1867; and in 1873 "
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Naseby," one of his finest and most picturesque designs, was also at the Royal Academy . Gilbert was elected A.R.A . 29th
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January 1872, and R.A . 29th
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June 1876 . Besides these mostly large and powerful
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works, the artist's true arena of display was undoubtedly the gallery of the Old
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Water Colour Society, to which from 1852, when he was elected an Associate exhibitor, till he died
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forty-five years later, he contributed not fewer than 270 drawings, most of them admirable because of the largeness of their style, massive coloration, broad chiaroscuro, and the surpassing vigour of their designs . These qualities induced the leading critics to claim for him opportunities for painting mural pictures of
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great historic themes as decorations of
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national buildings . " The
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Trumpeter," " The Standard-
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Bearer," " Richard II. resigning his
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Crown " (now at Liverpool), " The Drug Bazaar at Constantinople," " The Merchant of Venice " and " The
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Turkish Water-Carrier " are but examples of that
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wealth of
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art which added to the attractions of the gallery in
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Pall Mall . There Gilbert was elected a full Member in 1855, and president of the Society in 1871, shortly after which he was knighted . As an illustrator of books, magazines and
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periodicals of every kind he was most prolific . To the success of the Illustrated
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London
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News his designs lent powerful aid, and he was eminently serviceable in illustrating the Shakespeare of Mr Howard Staunton . He died on the 6th of
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October 1897 .

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