Sir John Gilbert : art and imagination in the Victorian age / edited by Spike Bucklow and Sally Woodcock; with contributions by Mark Bills ... [et al.].
Published by Lund Humphries in association with Guildhall Art Gallery on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Guildhall Art Gallery, London, Apr. 29-Aug. 29, 2011. Includes bibliographical references (p. 231) and index.
Contents:
Selected list of works exhibited or sold in Gilbert's lifetime, from published sources and sketchbook references. Sally Woodcock -- The Blackheath of John Gilbert / Neil Rhind -- John Gilbert as a book illustrator: master of historical romance / Paul Goldman -- 'A distinctive character to the illustration of news': Sir Johh Gilbert and the pictorial press / Mark Bills -- 'He kinged it there among the nigglers': Sir John Gilbert and the Royal Watercolour Society / Timothy Wilcox -- Gilbert in Fairyland: The enchanted forest and the transfigured landscape / Nicola Brown -- Sir John Gilbert and the Old Masters / Kathleen Froyen -- Gilbert: his relationship with contemporary practice / Spike Bucklow -- A marriage of methods: exploring Gilbert's ordinary and extraordinary uses of watercolour and the gouache techniques / Libby Sheldon -- Gilbert's frames and their context in Guildhall Art Gallery / Caroline Oliver -- Utility, versatility and obscurity: the sources and selection of SIr John Gilbert's oil painting materials / Sally Woodcock -- Gilbert's account with his colourman, Charles Roberson & Co. -- Technical examination of Sir John Gilbert's watercolours and oil paintings from the collection of Guildhall Art Gallery, London -- Selected list of works exhibited or sold in Gilbert's lifetime, from published sources and sketchbook references.
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