Charles William Sherborn
Charles William Sherborn,
Early life and education
The eldest son of Charles Sherborn, an upholsterer, and Mary Brance, he was born at Leicester Square in London. His ancestors were landed gentry, lords of the manors of Fawns and Cockbell in Bedfont; Fawns Manor was still in the possession of his fourth cousin, William Sherborn. On William's death in 1912, Charles William Sherborn dying that same year, his son, Charles Davies Sherborn, inherited the manor. The last owner was Charles Davies Sherborn's great-nephew, the conservationist Derek Sherborn.[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 returned to England in September 1856, and began engraving for London jewellers.
Career
In 1872, he decided to work independently as an etcher and engraver, mainly reproducing contemporary portraits and subject paintings, and designing bookplates, the latter of which would later form the bulk of his work. He also made original etchings of London and was a regular exhibitor at the
Sherborn died at
References
- ISBN 1-85776-564-8.
- ^ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry' vol. 2, 1969, pg. 559, 'Sherborn of Bedfont'
- ^ Sherborn, C.D. (1912). A sketch of the life and work of Charles William Sherborn, painter-etcher. London: Ellis.
- required.)
External links
- Charles William Sherborn, The Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler, University of Glasgow.
- Works by or about Charles William Sherborn at Internet Archive
- 1903 self-portrait
- Memorial engraving made on Sherborn's death
- A History of the Family of Sherborn, written by Charles Davies Sherborn, who dedicated it to his father
- Viner Bookplate collection; John Rylands Library (mainly bookplate designed by Sherborn)