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Sir John Gilbert (July 1, 1817–October 5, 1897) was a British artist.

He was born in Blackheath, London, 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.

Gilbert was initially apprenticed to a firm of estate agents, but taught himself art by copying prints. He was unable to enter the Royal Academy Schools, but mastered watercolour, oils, and other media. From 1836 he exhibited at the Society of British Artists, and at the RA from 1838. The art patron Thomas Sheepshanks and the artist William Mulready suggested that he learn wood engraving. Starting with Punch, he moved on to the Illustrated London News. He produced an impressive number of wood engravings for that publication and for the London Journal. He also produced very many illustrations for books, including nearly all the important English poets (including his illustrated Shakespeare with 800 drawings). He eventually became president of the Old Watercolour Society. He exhibited some 400 pictures in watercolour and oil exhibited at the various societies. In 1872 he was knighted. He became an RA in 1876, in the same year as Edward Poynter.

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Phryne's list of paintings by Gilbert in accessible UK collections
John Gilbert may refer to:
  • John Gilbert (bishop), Bishop of Hereford (1375 to 1389)
  • John Gibbs Gilbert (1810–99), American comedian
  • John Davies Gilbert (1811 - 1854) English scientist.

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Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832) was a prolific Scottish historical novelist and poet popular throughout Europe during his time.
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Woodcut is a relief printing artistic technique in printmaking in which an image is carved into the surface of a block of wood, with the printing parts remaining level with the surface while the non-printing parts are removed, typically with gouges.
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The Illustrated London News was a magazine founded by Herbert Ingram and his friend Mark Lemon, the editor of the magazine Punch. With Lemon as his chief adviser, the first edition of the Illustrated London News appeared on 14 May, 1842.
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This article refers to an art institution in London. For other meanings of Royal Academy see Royal Academy (disambiguation).


Royal Academy of Arts

Established 1768
Location Piccadilly, London W1, England
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The Royal Society of British Artists (RBA) is a British art body established in 1823 as the Society of British Artists, as an alternative to the Royal Academy.
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William Mulready (April 1 1786 - July 7, 1863) was an Irish genre painter living in London. He is best known for his romanticizing depictions of rural scenes.

William Mulready was born in Ennis, County Clare.
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Wood engraving is a relief printing technique, where the end grain of wood is used as a medium for engraving, thus differing from the older technique of woodcut, where the softer side grain is used.
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Punch was a British weekly magazine of humour and satire published from 1841 to 1992 and from 1996 to 2002.

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Punch was founded in July 17 1841 by Henry Mayhew and engraver Ebenezer Landells.
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London Journal is a published version of the daily journal he kept between the years 1762 and 1763 while in London. Along with many more of his private papers, it was found in the 1920s at Malahide Castle in Ireland, and first published in 1950.
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William Shakespeare

The Chandos portrait, artist and authenticity unconfirmed. National Portrait Gallery, London.
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Died: 23 March 1616
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England
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The Royal Watercolour Society is an English institution of painters working in watercolours.

It was founded as the Society of Painters in Water Colours in 1804 by William Frederick Wells and its original membership was: William Sawrey Gilpin, Robert Hills, John
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Sir Edward John Poynter, 1st Baronet, KB (March 20 1836 – July 26 1919) was a British painter, designer, draughtsman and art administrator.

The son of Ambrose Poynter, an architect, he was born in Paris.
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