From memory, I think that the person I got this picture from said that it was a self-portrait. Robert was a bit of an artist, and apparently had painted artworks on all four panels of his front door in Beechworth, Victoria.
Robert Collings Gilbertson of Wood Street, in Beechworth, Ovens County, Victoria Australia was born on November 12, 1812 in Hertford, Hertfordshire County, England United Kingdom to Mathias Gilbertson and Fanny Collings. Robert was baptized on January 10, 1813 at St John & All Saints Church, Hertford, UK. Robert Gilbertson died at age 53 years old in 1865 in Australia.
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