The Aberdeen Cabinet, Deciding upon the Expedition to the Crimea

Location

Country: Turkey
City: Istanbul
Place: British Consulate-General

Sir John Gilbert was born in Blackheath, London; the son of a land and estate agent. He had some lessons from George Lance, but was largely self-taught. During his career he showed 20 works at the Society of Artists, 40 at the British Institution, 51 at the Royal Academy and 260 at the Old Watercolour Society, becoming a member of the latter in 1854 and President in 1871. He was knighted in 1872 and gained membership of the Royal Academy in 1876. Although he preferred history painting, he was primarily an illustrator. He illustrated works by English poets, as well as religious or literary works. He also designed 829 plates for an edition of Shakespeare (published 1860) and produced some 30,000 drawings for the ‘Illustrated London News’.

People

Charles, 1st Viscount Halifax Wood (1800 - 1885), Sir James Robert George, 2nd Baronet Graham (1792 - 1861), Sir William, 8th Baronet Molesworth (1810 - 1855), William Ewart Gladstone (1809 - 1898), George Douglas, 8th Duke of Argyll Campbell (1823 - 1900), George William Frederick, 4th Earl of Clarendon Villiers (1800 - 1870), Henry, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne Petty-Fitzmaurice (1780 - 1863), John, 1st Earl Russell Russell (1792 - 1878), Granville George, 2nd Earl Granville Leveson-Gower (1815 - 1891), George Hamilton, 4th Earl of Aberdeen Gordon (1784 - 1860), Robert Monsey, Baron Cranworth Rolfe (1790 - 1868), Henry John, 3rd Viscount Palmerston Temple (1784 - 1865), Sir George, 2nd Baronet Grey (1799 - 1882), Sidney, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea Herbert (1810 - 1861), Henry Pelham Fiennes, 5th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyme Pelham-Clinton (1811 - 1864)

Places

Subjects

map (as Subject), male portrait, group portrait, 19th century costume, frock coat, coat, waistcoat, trousers, top hat, shoe, candle, Earl, Marquess, Viscount, Duke, Leader of the Liberal Party, Prime Minister, Crimean War, window, bookcase, chair, table (as Subject), state interior

Materials & Techniques

engraving

Artist

Sir John Gilbert (1817 - 1897)
William, III Walker (1791 - 1867)

Title

The Aberdeen Cabinet, Deciding upon the Expedition to the Crimea

Date

published 4 June 1857

Medium

Engraving

Acquisition

Purchased from Suckling and Co., March 1965

Inscription

Original signatures of sitters in ink above title lettering: Charles Wood, J.R.G. Graham, William Molesworth, W. Gladstone, Argyll, Clarendon, Lansdowne, Russell, Granville, Aberdeen, Cranworth, Palmerston, G. Grey, Sidney Herbert, Newcastle.

GAC number

6884