Gilbert Collection (page 8)

Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, French military leader and statesman, 20th century. Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834)

Marquis de Lafayette, French military leader and statesman, 1845. Artist:s Freeman
Marquis de Lafayette, French military leader and statesman, 1845. Portrait of Lafayette (1757-1834) as commander of the Parisian National Guard in 1789

George Washington, First President of the USA, 19th century. Artist: W Humphreys
George Washington, First President of the USA, 19th century. Portrait of Washington (1732-1799)

Les Halles, Paris Central Market, 1880. Artist: Gilbert Victor Gabriel
Les Halles, Paris Central Market, 1880

George Washington (1732-99), 1796. Artist: Gilbert Stuart
George Washington (1732-99), 1796. lst President of the USA (1789-1797). National Portrait Gallery, London

Morses first telegraph, 1837 (c1900). Artist: Sir John Gilbert
Morses first telegraph, 1837 (c1900). Invented by Samuel Finley Breese Morse (1791-1872), this was the first functional electric telegraph

Magnetism, 1600. A terrella or globe-shaped magnet with lumps of iron to represent mountains and showing the north-seeking property of a magnetic needle. From De Magnete by William Gilbert

A magnetized needle pushed through a ball of cork, floating submerged in a goblet of water, 1600. The needle shows the dip and the direction of the magnetic pole. From De Magnete by William Gilbert

Gilbert White Memorial Window, Selborne Church, Hampshire, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Gilbert White Memorial Window, Selborne Church, Hampshire, 20th century. Commemorating the death of writer and novelist Gilbert White

The Wakes, Selborne, Home of Gilbert White (1720-1793), Hampshire, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
The Wakes, Selborne, Home of Gilbert White (1720-1793), Hampshire, 20th century. Gilbert White (1720 - 1793) was a pioneering English naturalist and ornithologist

A scene from Trial by Jury, 1875. Artist: David Henry Friston
A scene from Trial by Jury, 1875. First performed at Londons Royalty Theatre on 25 March 1875, Trial by Jury is a one act comic opera by Gilbert and Sullivan

Suicide of Romme, Goujon, Duquesnoy, Soubrany and Bourbotte, French Revolution, 1795. Having been condemned to death by the Thermidoriens, Romme, Goujon, Duquesnoy

Scene from Shakespeares The Tempest, 1856-1858. Artist: Sir John Gilbert
Scene from Shakespeares The Tempest, 1856-1858. Prospero, holding his daughter Miranda, regards Caliban, a savage, deformed, sub-human creature, whom he has enslaved

Forging a magnet, 1600. The piece of metal on the anvil is aligned north/south. From De Magnete by William Gilbert. (London, 1600)

Beware the Ides of March, 1858. Artist: Sir John Gilbert
Beware the Ides of March, 1858. A soothsayer warning Julius Caesar of the Ides of March - the day on which he was assassinated

Canadian troops about to leave for the Boer War, 1900. Mary, Countess of Minto, wife of the Governor General of Canada, presenting colours to Herchmers Horse

John Henderson, in the Character of Iago (Shakespeares Othello), 1786. 1786
John Henderson, in the Character of Iago (Shakespeares Othello), 1786

William Gilbert, English physician, late 16th century. Pictured with his hand resting on a globe. Gilbert established the magnetic nature of the Earth in De Magnete (1600)

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