Looking for John Graham Gilbert, R.S.A., W.S.A.: Death of the Artist and Art Collector in 1866

A short notice which is on the foot of page three (page 355 on the original newspaper ) of the Illustrated Times, on Saturday the 9th of June 1866, reads:

 

“JOHN GRAHAM GILBERT, R.S.A., the distinguished Scottish artist, died

on Monday, in his seventy-second year. Few painters have done more to

propagate a taste for the fine arts in Scotland than Mr. Graham Gilbert, and

it is no small compliment to him to mention that many of his works are

greatly appreciated on the Continent, where his style is much admired.”

 

 

 

The British Newspaper Archive.

 

 

 

George Fairfull-Smith, September 2026.