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    • Charles Allan Gilbert

    American illustrator (–)

    "All is vanity" redirects here. For the Christina Grimmie album, see All Is Vanity. For the film, see All Is Vanity (film).

    Charles Allan Gilbert

    Silhouette self-portrait of C. Allan Gilbert published in

    Born()September 3,

    Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.

    DiedApril 20, () (aged&#;55)

    New York, U.S.

    EducationArt Students League of New York
    Known&#;forIllustration, animation, camouflage art
    Notable workAll Is Vanity ()

    Charles Allan Gilbert (September 3, – April 20, ), better known as C. Allan Gilbert, was an American illustrator. He is especially remembered for a widely published drawing (a memento mori or vanitas) titled All Is Vanity. The drawing employs a double image (or visual pun) in which the scene of a woman admiring herself in a mirror of her vanity table, when viewed from a distance, appears to be a human skull. The title is also a pun, as this type of dressing-table is