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The death of the Duke of Wellington, with doctors gathered around him. Wood engraving by J.L. Williams after J. Gilbert, 1852.

Nocturnal scene on a battlefield:a woman nursing a wounded soldier is pleading with a man intending to plunder the bodies to spare the man in her care. Wood engraving by F. Gilbert after J. Gilbert.

Crimean War: key to the painting of the reception of "Crimean Heroes" by Queen Victoria. Coloured lithograph after J. Gilbert.

The distinguished men of science 1807-8: a key to the identities of the sitters. Photograph of engraving by W. Walker, 1862, after Sir J. Gilbert.

The wonders of science, or, young Humphrey Davy ... : the life of a wonderful boy / written for boys by Henry Mayhew ; with illustrations by John Gilbert.

Distinguished British men of science 1807-1808 assembled in the library of the Royal Institution, London. Mezzotint by W. Walker and G. Zobel after F. Skill and W. Walker, ca. 1860, after Sir J. Gilbert.

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The death of the Duke of Wellington, with doctors gathered around him. Wood engraving by J.L. Williams after J. Gilbert, 1852.

Nocturnal scene on a battlefield:a woman nursing a wounded soldier is pleading with a man intending to plunder the bodies to spare the man in her care. Wood engraving by F. Gilbert after J. Gilbert.

Crimean War: key to the painting of the reception of "Crimean Heroes" by Queen Victoria. Coloured lithograph after J. Gilbert.

The distinguished men of science 1807-8: a key to the identities of the sitters. Photograph of engraving by W. Walker, 1862, after Sir J. Gilbert.

The wonders of science, or, young Humphrey Davy ... : the life of a wonderful boy / written for boys by Henry Mayhew ; with illustrations by John Gilbert.

Distinguished British men of science 1807-1808 assembled in the library of the Royal Institution, London. Mezzotint by W. Walker and G. Zobel after F. Skill and W. Walker, ca. 1860, after Sir J. Gilbert.

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The death of the Duke of Wellington, with doctors gathered around him. Wood engraving by J.L. Williams after J. Gilbert, 1852.

Nocturnal scene on a battlefield:a woman nursing a wounded soldier is pleading with a man intending to plunder the bodies to spare the man in her care. Wood engraving by F. Gilbert after J. Gilbert.

Crimean War: key to the painting of the reception of "Crimean Heroes" by Queen Victoria. Coloured lithograph after J. Gilbert.

The distinguished men of science 1807-8: a key to the identities of the sitters. Photograph of engraving by W. Walker, 1862, after Sir J. Gilbert.

The wonders of science, or, young Humphrey Davy ... : the life of a wonderful boy / written for boys by Henry Mayhew ; with illustrations by John Gilbert.

Distinguished British men of science 1807-1808 assembled in the library of the Royal Institution, London. Mezzotint by W. Walker and G. Zobel after F. Skill and W. Walker, ca. 1860, after Sir J. Gilbert.