An itinerant vendor advertising his 'sales show' in a square of town. Wood engraving after F. Gilbert.

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.

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Gilbert, Frederick, 1827-1902

Images from the collections

Images by Gilbert, Frederick, 1827-1902

Works from the collections

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.

An itinerant vendor advertising his 'sales show' in a square of town. Wood engraving after F. Gilbert.