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Gilbert (SIR JOHN an English painter)

SIR JOHN, an English painter; born in Blackheath, near London, in 1817; placed at a mercantile In 1836 he began to exhibit both in oil house in the city; and later studied art. In 1836 he began to exhibit both in oil and water colors; and in 1852 he was elected an associate, in 1853 a member, in 1871 the president of the Society of Painters in Water-colors, receiving soon after the honor of knighthood. He also became an A. R. A. in 1872, an R. A. in 1876, and a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor. His oil paintings include "Don Quixote and Sancho Panza," "Education "Wolsey at Leicester," and "Morning of of Arc Entering Orleans," "Crusaders," "Wolsey at Leicester," and "Morning of Agincourt." He died in Villers-sur-Mer, France, Oct. 6, 1897.

GILGAL nam's Magazine." She wrote "Pen Portraits of Literary Women" (1887); "Authors at Home" (1889); "Autobiography of a "Essays from The Critic" (1882); Tomboy at Work" (1904); and other she established and edited "The Reader," collections and compilations. In 1909 she established and edited "The Reader," Tomboy" (1900); "The 1916. a guide for book buyers. She died in N. J., Feb. 8, 1844; received a private