존 길버트 경 卿 Sir John Gilbert RA Self portrait 1872 ( 21 July 1817 – 5 October 1897 ) was an English artist , illustrator and engraver . He was born in Blackheath , Surrey , and taught himself to paint . His only formal instruction was from George Lance . Skilled in several media , Gilbert gained the nickname , " the Scott of painting ". He was best known for the illustrations and woodcuts he produced for the Illustrated London News . Gilbert was initially apprenticed to a firm of estate agents , but taught himself art by copying prints . He was unable to enter the Royal Academy Schools , but mastered watercolour , oils , and other media . Shylock After the Trial , describing Act II , Scene vii of William Shakespeare ' s play The Merchant of Venice which is not after the trail ( steel engraving ) before 1873 Gilbert ' s Shylock After the Trial , an illustration to The Merchant of Venice . From 1836 he exhibited at the Society of British Artists , and at the RA from 1838 . The art patron Thomas Sheepshanks and the artist William Mulready suggested that he learn wood engraving . Starting with Punch , he moved on to the Illustrated London News . ( 脚注 : Punch 펀 치지 誌 - 1841 년 에 창간 된 익살 스스러운 만화 가 많 은 런던 의 주간지 ) He produced an impressive number of wood engravings for that publication and for The London Journal . He also produced very many illustrations for books , including nearly all the important English poets ( including his illustrated Shakespearewith almost 750 drawings ) He became president of the Old Watercolour Society in 1871 . He exhibited some 400 pictures in watercolour and oil exhibited at the various societies . In 1872 he was knighted . He became an RA in 1876 , in the same year as Edward Poynter . The Gilbert - Garret Competition for Sketching Clubs was started in 1870 at St . Martins School of Art , and named after its first president , John Gilbert . Gilbert is buried at Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries Self - PortraitSir John Gilbert ( 1817 - 1897 ) 1872 Oil on canvas 76 x 64 cmCollection : Guildhall Art Gallery Fair St . GeorgeSir John Gilbert ( 1817 - 1897 ) 1881 Oil on canvas Ego et Rex MeusSir John Gilbert ( 1817 - 1897 ) 1889 Oil on canvas Richard II . resigning the Crown to BolingbrokeSir John Gilbert ( 1817 - 1897 ) 1876 Oil on canvasSource : Magazine of Art , 56 “ In the Walker Gallery , Liverpool ” Convocation of Clergy . Sir John Gilbert ( 1817 - 1897 ) . 1871 . Oil on canvas . Engraved by C . Constantine . “ In the Diploma Galleries of the Royal Academy . ” Source : Magazine of Art , 55 . Click on image to enlarge it Breaking up the Encampment . Sir John Gilbert ( 1817 - 1897 ) . 1888 . Oil on canvas . Engraved by C . Constantine . “ In the Diploma Galleries of the Royal Academy . ” Source : Magazine of Art , 57 . The Return of the Victors . Sir John Gilbert ( 1817 - 1897 ) . Oil on canvas . “ In the City of Birmingham Art Gallery . ” Source : Magazine of Art , 58 . Crusaders on the March . Sir John Gilbert ( 1817 - 1897 ) . Oil on canvas . Engraved by Madame Jacob - Bazin . “ In the South Kensington Museum . ” Source : Magazine of Art , 61 . Don Quixote discoursing upon arms and letters to the company at the inn . Sir John Gilbert ( 1817 - 1897 ) . Oil on canvas . 1891 . Source : Magazine of Art , 62 . The Battle of the Standard . Northallerton . Sir John Gilbert ( 1817 - 1897 ) . Watercolor . 1879 - 80 . Engraved by Madame Jacob - Bazin . Source : Magazine of Art , 63 . A Girl with FruitSir John Gilbert 1882 Oil on canvas 125 x 91 cmGuildhall Gallery , London " The ' English Rubens ' was a great admirer of Rembrandt , whose textures he tried to imitate , using few pigments , which must have darkened over time . An autodidact without any formal training , Gilbert often hid his figures under billowing drapes , " writes Laurent Bury , in his review of the book accompanying the Guildhall Gallery ' s exhibition of Gilbert ' s work in 2011 . But the dark colours here are relieved by gold , and " the vigour and inventiveness of Gilbert ' s art " ( Froyen 156 ) are nowhere more apparent than in this striking figure , with her proud looks and stately carriage . — Jacqueline Banerjee Lancelot du Lac . Sir John Gilbert ( 1817 - 1897 ) . 1886 . Oil on canvas , 91 x 122 cm . Collection : Guildhall Art Gallery ( 527 ) . Presented by the artist , 1893 . Reproduced courtesy of the City of London Corporation . Sir John Gilbert ( 1817 - 1897 ) , " The Enchanted Forest " Cordelia in the Court of King Lear ( 1873 ) by Sir John - Gilber , Townley Hall Museum , Burnley people , family , extended family , mid 19 th century , wood engraving after John Gilbert ( 1817 - 1897 ) , historic , historical , parent Ophelia , Sir John Gilbert , 1817 - 1897 " There ’ s rosemary , that ’ s for remembrance . Pray you , love , remember . And there is pansies , that ’ s for thoughts . " Sir John Gilbert ( 1817 - 1897 ) was an English painter and illustrator . He was knighted in 1872 after exhibiting more than 400 paintings . Asking the Way Miss Flyte introduces the Wards in Jarndyce to Krook , the Lord Chancellor ( Scene from Bleak House ) ( 1860 ) The Arrest of Lord Hastings ( Richard III Act III Scene 4 ) ( 1871 ) The Marriage of Katherine and Petruchio ( The Taming of the Shrew ) ( 1865 ) Margaret of Anjou Taken Prisoner After the Battle of Tewkesbury ( 1875 ) Sir John Gilbert ( British , 1817 – 1897 ) Key to The Plays of William Shakespeare , ca . 1849 Ink and wash on paper , 8 3 / 4 x 13 1 / 2 in Circle of Sir John Gilbert 1817 - 1897 Pair of Watercolours . 1 / Queen Victo Sir John Gilbert , R . A . , P . R . W . S . Messrs Russell and SonsSource : Magazine of Art , 53 . JOHN GILBERT ( 1817 - 1897 ) English artist and engraver Portrait of the Artist ' s Mother 1874 Self Portrait 1885 Brigands Dividing the Booty by John Gilbert 1871 - 1873 A Standard - Bearer by John Gilbert 1886 A Venetian Council of War 1891 - 1892 Don Quixote ' s Niece and Housekeeper 1891 Scene from Shakespeare ' s ' The Merchant Of Venice ' 1863 - 1865 ' onward ' 1890 Oil on canvas , 152 . 8 x 122 . 1 cm Collection : Manchester City Galleries Large - scale portrait of an armoured mounted soldier , holding high a standard , his steed rearing in anticipation . Seen from the off - side ( the horse ' s head to the right , its tail to the left ) , the soldier turns in the saddle , his head turned in profile to the left , revealing an ｅxpression of determination on his face . Rembrandt ' s Studio by John GilbertDate painted : 1869 Oil on canvas , 121 . 9 x 152 . 5 cm Collection : York Museums Trust The Presentation of the Freedom of the City to General Garibaldi , 20 April 1864 The Field of the Cloth of Gold with Henry VIII and Francis I , 1520