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.
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Name
Francis Gilbert
Also known as:
  • Frank Gilbert
  • Francis Edward Gilbert
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Photographer)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • surveyor
  • teacher
Birth date
19 November 1820
Birth place
Chichester, Sussex, England, UK
Death date
1879
Active Period
  • 1847 - 1875
Arrival
  • November 1841
Residence
  • c.1820 - c.1841 Chichester, Sussex, England, UK
  • c.1841 - c.1875 Geelong, Vic
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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Related people
  • Docker, Joseph (associate of)
  • Cotton, John (associate of)
  • Gilbert, George (sibling of)
  • Gilbert, Joseph Francis (child of)
  • Docker, Joseph (associate of)
  • Cotton, John (associate of)
  • Gilbert, George (sibling of)