Charles William Sherborn

Charles William Sherborn, RE (14 June 1831 – 10 February 1912) was an English engraver, who chiefly made bookplates.

The eldest son of Charles Sherborn, an upholsterer, and Mary Brance, he was born at Leicester Square in London.

[1][2] He studied at the government school of drawing and design in Somerset House, and was apprenticed to Robert Oliver, a silver-plate engraver based in Soho.

He travelled to the Continent in October 1852, and was based in Geneva from September 1853, where he worked as a goldsmith's designer and engraver.

He also made original etchings of London and was a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy.

Sherborn and his wife Hannah Wait
An example of his work: the bookplate of John Lord de Tabley