Gilbert, John

A.R.A., an English historical and genre painter, B. 1817. Among his finest works are Don Quixote giving advice to Sancho Panza; The Education of Gil Blas; Othello before the Senate; Charge of Cavaliers at Naseby; Rubens and Teniers; The Studio of Rembrandt; Wolsey and Bucking ham, . Gilbert, in Iowa , a post-office of Scott co. Gilbert Islands, a group on the S.W. coast of the archipelago of Tierra del Fuego, with a good harbor in Doris Cove. - Another cluster of the same name, comprising 15 coral islands, forms part of the Mulgrave Archipelago in the Pacific, between Lat. 1o S. and 20 30 N., and Lon. 1720 and 174° 30′ E., and contains a population of 60,000. The two largest are known as Drummond's Isle and Knox's Isle ; the former is 30 m. long, by rather more than 11⁄2 m. broad; the latter 20 m. long. The inhabitants resemble the Malays in appearance, and are divided into three cla es-chiefs, landholders , and slaves. The chief, almost the only, cultivated products are the cocoa-nut and the pandanus.