Studio portrait of British artist John Gilbert (1817-1897). London, late 1860s.

A$100 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 104 x 63 mm (mount); recto and verso with the imprint of Elliott Fry, 55 Baker Street, Portman Square; verso also has a pencilled inscription in period hand John Gilbert ; in superb condition. An outstanding example of what is arguably the finest photographic portrait of the illustrator and painter Sir John Gilbert (1817-1897).

• Binding: Hardcover

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