CARL IVAR GILBERT The Old Curiosity Shop OIL PAINTING
DETAILS:
- ARTIST: Carl Ivar Gilbert
- BIRTH: American, (1882-1959)
- TITLE: The Old Curiosity Shop
- SIGNED: C. Ivar Gilbert (lr); and titled The 'Old Curiosity Shop' on the stretcher (not in the artist hand).
- MEDIUM: Oil on Canvas
- SIZE: 14.5 x 19.5 In. (artwork) / 16.75 x 19 In. (framed)
- CONDITION: Very good; minor in-painting throughout. 85% original surface paint. Displays very well!
- Additional Notes: Housed in a contemporary gilt wooden frame.
BACKGROUND:
The Old Curiosity Shop is one of two novels (the other being Barnaby Rudge) which Dickens published along with short stories in his weekly serial Master Humphrey's Clock, from 1840 to 1841. It was so popular that New York readers stormed the wharf when the ship bearing the final installment arrived in 1841. The Old Curiosity Shop was printed in book form in 1841.
The plot follows the life of Nell Trent and her grandfather, both residents of The Old Curiosity Shop in London.
Queen Victoria read the novel in 1841, and found it 'Very interesting and cleverly written'.
ARTIST SPECS:
Carl Ivar Gilbert was active/lived in New York. Carl Gilbert is known for landscape, still life, urban scene, Indian genre and marine painting. High auction records: $16,710.00 USD with a 84% auction sell thru rate.

Very good; minor in-painting throughout. 85% original surface paint. Displays very well!