George Alexander Gilbert b. 1 January 1815

  • Artist ,
  • Artist (Printmaker)
Born in England in 1815 George Alexander Gilbert arrived in Australia with wife and her children, in 1841 and was known as a drawing teacher, publisher, librarian, bankrupt pastoralist, gold commissioner and mesmerist. Not particularly successful at any venture Gilbert's art work forms an important archive of colonial Victoria.
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Name
George Alexander Gilbert
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist
  • Artist (Printmaker)
Other Occupation
  • -
Birth date
1 January 1815
Birth place
England, UK
Death date
1 January 1877
Death place
Connecticut, USA
Arrival
  • 1841

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References [<ExternalResource: The New McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art. >, <ExternalResource: Kerr, Joan. Dictionary of Australian Artists, Painters, Sketchers, Photographers and Engravers to 1870. Oxford University Press, Australia>, <ExternalResource: Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists: A Guide & Handbook>, <ExternalResource: BOWMAN, Margaret, Cultured Colonists: George Alexander Gilbert and His Family, Settlers in Port Phillip, Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2014>, <ExternalResource: George Alexander Gilbert>, <ExternalResource: Creelman, A.E., ' lThe life of a dilettante: George Alexander Gilbert.manuscript, La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, 1979. >, <ExternalResource: Margaret Bowman, 'Portrait of the Artist as a young Settler: George Alexander Gilbert',>] [<ExternalResource: The New McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art. >, <ExternalResource: Kerr, Joan. Dictionary of Australian Artists, Painters, Sketchers, Photographers and Engravers to 1870. Oxford University Press, Australia>, <ExternalResource: Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists: A Guide & Handbook>, <ExternalResource: BOWMAN, Margaret, Cultured Colonists: George Alexander Gilbert and His Family, Settlers in Port Phillip, Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2014>, <ExternalResource: George Alexander Gilbert>, <ExternalResource: Creelman, A.E., ' lThe life of a dilettante: George Alexander Gilbert.manuscript, La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, 1979. >]