William Biscombe Gardner

William Biscombe Gardner (1847 – 23 February 1919, Tunbridge Wells)[1] was a British painter and wood-engraver.

Working in both watercolour and oils, he exhibited widely in London in the late 19th century at venues such as the Royal Academy and the Grosvenor Gallery.

He illustrated a number of books featuring the British landscape (see below), notably Kent, Canterbury, and The Peak Country.

He also drew scenes from the Welsh Elan Valley in the 1890s, before it was flooded to form the Elan Valley Reservoirs, which appeared in two books by Grant Allen (see "illustrated Books" below).

He "raised the art of wood-engraving to a very high pitch of excellence" remarked the Kent and Sussex Courier in 1916.