Edgar Giberne (24 June 1850 – 21 September 1889) was an English artist and illustrator from a notable Huguenot family.
[1] His father was George Giberne,[2] who had served as a judge Supreme Court of Judicature, Bombay in the Indian Civil Service.
[note 2] His cousin Agnes Giberne was a prolific author of juvenile fiction and of works popularising science.
[16] However his death certificate shows that he suffered not from a cold, but from acute peritonitis, and died at his mother's house at Woodcote Park, Epsom on 21 September 1889.
[35] When St. Martin's church in Epsom was extended in 1922, the new east window was dedicated to Edgar and three of his Buller relatives by marriage.
[1] Graves stated that Giberne's speciality was in domestic scenes,[36] The Dictionary of Victorian Painters states that he painted figurative and genre subjects,[37] the Dictionary of British Artists calls him a landscape painter,[38] and The Meteor noted that he was especially fond of painting animals.
[36][note 6] The Meteor, in his obituary, stated that the works he exhibited at the Academy proved him to be an artist of considerable promise.
The attitude of the poor driven creature, and the exultant rush of the hounds as they seem to recognise that the pursuit is over, are capitally rendered.
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Illustration by Edgar Giberne (1850-1889) for Binko's blues: a tale for children of all growths (Chapman and Hall, London, 1884) by Herman Charles Merivale.