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William Biscombe Gardner

Also known as: William Biscombe Gardner; primary name: Gardner, William Biscombe
Details: individual; printmaker; painter/draughtsman; publisher/printer; British; Male
Life dates: 1847-1919
Address: East Temple Chambers, 3 Whitefriars Street, London (1872); 108 Fleet Street, London (1883-86); 60 Haymarket, London (in 1898)
Biography: Wood-engraver, landscape painter, in oils and watercolour, and etcher; exhibited in London venues 1874-93 primarily at the RA and Grosvenor Gallery; also exhibited at the Salon, Paris and was awarded a gold medal at the 1900 'L'Exposition Universelle'; best known as a wood-engraver, especially for 'The Graphic', 'Pall Mall Magazine' and 'Illustrated London News'; also published his own single-sheet prints and produced prints after the work of Lord Frederick Leighton, George Frederick Watts, Sir Edward Burne-Jones and Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (qq.v.)
Bibliography: Christopher Jordan, 'New Visions: Print and Printmaking 1620-1932', exhibition catalogue, South London Gallery (2003); R.K.Engen, 'Dictionary of Victorian Wood Engravers,' 1985

34 related objects

print

Museum number: 1895,0628.3 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Biscombe GardnerAfter:George Frederick Watts |
Production date: 1894

print

Title: Two Bridges, near Prince Town, Dartmoor |
Museum number: 1931,0909.519 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Biscombe GardnerAfter:C V Brownlow |
Production date: 1862-1919

print

Title: Gomrock Castle, in the Grounds of R F Wilkins, Esq, Brook Hill, Kingswear |
Museum number: 1931,0909.527 |
Producer name: BIOG28408 Print made by:William Biscombe Gardner |
Production date: 1862-1919

print

Title: Lover's Leap, Holne Chase |
Museum number: 1931,0909.520 |
Producer name: BIOG28408 Print made by:William Biscombe Gardner |
Production date: 1862-1919

print

Museum number: 1893,0516.370 |
Producer name: BIOG28408 Block cut by:William Biscombe Gardner |
Production date: 1865-1893

print

Title: Dartmeet |
Museum number: 1931,0909.516 |
Producer name: BIOG28408 Print made by:William Biscombe Gardner |
Production date: 1862-1919

print

Title: New Bridge, on the Dart |
Museum number: 1931,0909.518 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Biscombe GardnerAfter:C V Brownlow |
Production date: 1862-1919

print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1920,0712.143 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Biscombe GardnerAfter:Sir Wilfred Lawson |
Production date: 1898 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1920,0712.144 |
Producer name: After:J W EdwardsPrint made by:William Biscombe Gardner |
Production date: 1896 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone |
Museum number: 1896,1230.781 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Biscombe GardnerAfter:James Russell & Sons |
Production date: 1894 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: His Imperial Majesty Alexander II., Czar of Russia |
Museum number: 1902,1011.10126 |
Producer name: BIOG28408 Print made by:William Biscombe Gardner |
Production date: 1874

print

Museum number: 1913,0909.15 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Biscombe GardnerAfter:Edward Burne-Jones |
Production date: 1870-1913

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The sisters |
Museum number: 1902,1011.10147 |
Producer name: BIOG28408 Print made by:William Biscombe Gardner |
Production date: 1873 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1913,0909.14 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Biscombe GardnerAfter:Edward Burne-Jones |
Production date: 1870-1913

print

Title: Sir Peter Paul Rubens, the Great Flemish Painter: Died 1640 |
Museum number: 1888,0716.148 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Biscombe GardnerAfter:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1862-1888

print

Title: Ferryman's Cottage, Duncannon, on the Dart |
Museum number: 1931,0909.526 |
Producer name: BIOG28408 Print made by:William Biscombe Gardner |
Production date: 1862-1919

print

Title: Mill Creek Head, above Dartmouth |
Museum number: 1931,0909.525 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Biscombe GardnerAfter:C V Brownlow |
Production date: 1862-1919

print

Title: Cowsic Valley, above two bridges, Dartmoor |
Museum number: 1931,0909.517 |
Producer name: BIOG28408 Print made by:William Biscombe Gardner |
Production date: 1862-1919

print

Title: Old House, Foss Street, Dartmouth |
Museum number: 1931,0909.524 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Biscombe GardnerAfter:H F Davey |
Production date: 1862-1919

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: His Royal Highness Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales |
Museum number: 1902,1011.10418 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Biscombe GardnerAfter:Walery |
Production date: 1888

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Portrait of Signor G.B. Amendola |
Museum number: 2008,7034.8 |
Producer name: After:Sir Lawrence Alma-TademaPrint made by:William Biscombe Gardner |
Production date: 1884

print

Title: Bake Hill, Dartmouth |
Museum number: 1931,0909.522 |
Producer name: BIOG28408 Print made by:William Biscombe Gardner |
Production date: 1862-1919

print

Museum number: 1920,0712.142 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Biscombe GardnerAfter:George Frederick Watts |
Production date: 1894

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Cleopatra |
Museum number: 2010,7033.4 |
Producer name: After:Sir Lawrence Alma-TademaPrint made by:William Biscombe Gardner |
Production date: 1887

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: His Royal Highness the late Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, K.G. |
Museum number: 1902,1011.10576 |
Producer name: BIOG28408 Print made by:William Biscombe Gardner |
Production date: 1884 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Dartmouth Castle, on the west side of the mouth of the dart |
Museum number: 1931,0909.528 |
Producer name: BIOG28408 Print made by:William Biscombe Gardner |
Production date: 1862-1919

print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1893,0516.269 |
Producer name: BIOG28408 Print made by:William Biscombe Gardner |
Production date: 1862-1893

print

Title: Her Imperial Majesty the Empress of Russia. |
Museum number: 1902,1011.10622 |
Producer name: BIOG28408 Print made by:William Biscombe Gardner |
Production date: 1874

print

Title: Dittisham Church |
Museum number: 1931,0909.523 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Biscombe GardnerAfter:C V Brownlow |
Production date: 1862-1919

print

Title: Lower Dittisham |
Museum number: 1931,0909.521 |
Producer name: BIOG28408 Print made by:William Biscombe Gardner |
Production date: 1862-1919

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Be It Ever So Humble, There's No Place Like Home |
Museum number: 1882,0311.1202 |
Producer name: After:Edwin LandseerPrint made by:William Biscombe Gardner |
Production date: 1874 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: H.R.H. Prince Arthur The Bazaar Pavilion at Sefton Park |
Museum number: 1902,1011.10228 |
Producer name: BIOG28408 Print made by:William Biscombe Gardner |
Production date: 1872 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Kingswear Castle, on the East Side of the Mouth of the Dart |
Museum number: 1931,0909.529 |
Producer name: BIOG28408 Print made by:William Biscombe Gardner |
Production date: 1862-1919

print

Museum number: 1938,1201.2 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Biscombe GardnerAfter:George Frederick Watts |
Production date: 1886-1891

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