Francis Gilbert b. 19 November 1820

Also known as Frank Gilbert, Francis Edward Gilbert
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Painter)
As tutor to John Cotton, he used his employer's photographic equipment to make daguerreotype portraits but later moved to Geelong to work as a surveyor. Unfortunately, an art union disposed of eleven landscape paintings that he had exhibited in 1875.

Citations

  • Filmer, V. (1991), 'Paintings of the Past’, Geelong Art Gallery catalogue, Geelong, Victoria.

  • Newton, G. (1988), 'Shades of Light’, Canberra, ACT.

  • Information sourced from Creelman, A.E.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870