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Edgar Giberne

Edgar Giberne (24 June 1850 – 21 September 1889) was an English artist and illustrator from a notable Huguenot family. His output was limited to some extent by his short life. He was also a keen cricketer.

Edgar Giberne
Born(1850-06-24)24 June 1850  (2024-11-14UTC04:46:49)
Epsom, Surrey, UK
Died21 September 1889(1889-09-21) (aged 39)
Woodcote Park, Epsom, Surrey, UK
Occupation(s)Artist and illustrator
Years active1872–1889
Known forSporting scenes

Biography

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Giberne was born in Epsom, Surrey, England, on 24 June 1850, and was baptised on 25 July that year at St. Martin's in Epsom.[1] His father was George Giberne,[2] who had served as a judge Supreme Court of Judicature, Bombay in the Indian Civil Service.[note 1] Giberne's ancestors were Huguenots from Languedoc in France where the "de Gibernes" lived in Chateau de Gibertain.[3] George Giberne was from a large family. He had eight sisters and four brothers.[note 2] His cousin Agnes Giberne was a prolific author of juvenile fiction and of works popularising science. Three of his brothers also served in India.[1]

Giberne's mother was Maria Smith[4][5] the second daughter of surgeon John Sim Smith.[6] She was twenty-five years younger than her husband. The couple were married in Reigate on 20 July 1846.[7][note 3]

Giberne was a prodigious artist as a child.[1] He entered Rugby, in August 1864, where he was placed in C. B. Hutchinson's House in Barby Road.[14][note 4] In Rugby he showed "a remarkable taste and facility for drawing".[16]

Giberne was a keen cricketer and played for Epsom in 1876, scoring 21 runs against Deddington.[17] He also played for Espom in 1877, when he scored four runs against the Private Banks team,[18] and again in 1878 when he scored 12 runs against Wimbledon.[19] He played for the Old Rugbeians against the school's second eleven and scored no runs in the first innings before being bowled by schoolboy J. D. Yates. He fared little better in the second innings, scoring 1 run before being bowled by schoolboy T. L Lomax.[20]

In August 1878, He played for the Incogniti, a cricket team without any home grounds, in their two-day match against the Gentlemen of Herts at Moor Park, the seat of Lord Ebury on 26 and 27 July 1878, scoring 16 runs and one catch on the first day, and 9 runs on the second.[21] He continued to play for the Incogniti, and batted for them in matches against Oatlands,[22] Bury and West Suffolk,[23] and Middleton,[24] in 1879. He remained a fixture on the Incogniti until his death, and served for a while as a member of the committee of the club.[25]

In the 1889 season the Incogniti played 47 matches with 26 wins, 8 losses, and 13 draws. Giberne had 14 innings, had never been "not out", and scored 182 runs, an average of 13 runs per inning, with a max score of 39 runs. As a team, they scored nearly 14 runs per wicket on average. He was a batsman rather than a bowler and bowling averages were not given as he had bowled in less than four innings, and probably in none, as no records show him bowling out opponents.[26]

Giberne married Caroline Alexandra Buller, the daughter of Lt. Col. James Hornby Buller in the Royal Bodyguard, on 20 February 1884 at the Parish Church in Epsom, Surrey, England.[27] The couple had one child, Harold Buller Giberne (6 February 1885 – 8 April 1965)[28][29] who became a farmer.[30][note 5]

Giberne had a studio at his home at 35 Kensington Square. He held a well received private exhibition there in the summer of 1889.[16]

The Meteor states that Giberne caught cold in September 1889, while out shooting, and passed away four days later.[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.[32] He was buried at Epsom Cemetery on 25 September 1889.[1] His estate was valued at £2,043 13s. 1d., and his wife was sole executrix.[33]

Three months after his death, the Auctioneers Christie, Manson, and Woods advertised an auction of the collection of paintings and water-colour drawings of the late James Blake which included 20 Water-colour Drawings and Pictures of the late Edgar Giberne.[34] The auction took place on Saturday 14 December 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]

Works

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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.[16]

Edgar exhibited at the Royal Academy four times between 1877 and 1879.[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. Graves shows him as exhibition only at the Royal Academy up to 1880 in the five principle venues in London.[note 7] The Dictionary of British Artists show Giberne as exhibiting as follows from 1880:[38]

The Leeds Mercury said that of Giberne's "At Bay", which showed a "stag, which looks as if it had had a hard day over Exmoor, sheltering under a wooden bridge. 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."[41] Several of his paintings appeared on postcards by J Salmon Ltd.[42]

Giberne worked as an illustrator, and had many illustrations in the illustrated journals.[16] Houfe recorded that he had illustrations in the Illustrated London News.[43]

Giberne illustrated a small number of books. The following list of works has developed largely from a search[44] on the Jisc Library Hub Discover database.[note 10]. Where necessary, missing details such as page counts and publisher's names have been filled in by searches on WorldCat and on newspaper archives.

Books illustrated by Giberne
Ser Year Author Title Publisher Pages Notes
1 1878 George Whyte-Melville Riding Recollections (fifth Edition) Chapman & Hall, London viii, 251 p., (8º) [note 11]
2 1884 Herman Charles Merivale Binko's Blues. A tale for children of all growths Chapman & Hall, London xii, 207 p., (8º) [note 12]
3 1887 J. W. Fortescue Records of stag-hunting on Exmoor Chapman & Hall, London vii, 286 p., (8º) [note 13]
4 1887 Agnes Giberne Miss Con, or, All those Girls J. Nisbet & Co, London viii, 341 p., (8º)
5 1888 R. M. Ballantyne Blue lights : or Hot work in the Soudan. A tale of soldier life in several of its phases J. Nisbet & Co, London vii, 1, 425, 3 p., 6 ill., (8º) [note 14]
6 1889 James Moray Brown Powder, Spur, and Spear. A sporting medley Chapman & Hall, London viii, 292 p., (8º)
7 1889 Cassell & Co. The rivers of Great Britain. Descriptive, historical, pictorial. Rivers of the east coast. Cassell & Co., London vii, 376 p., ill., 33 cm [note 15]

Example of book illustration by Giberne

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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. By courtesy of the Internet Archive.[50]

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Notes

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  1. ^ He travelled to India in 1817, but his health suffered in an earthquake in 1820. He returned to India in 1825 and served there until March 1843 when he retired from the service.[1] Whatever he did in India it seems to have paid well as his estate was worth almost £45,000 on his death in 1876.[2]
  2. ^ One of Giberne's aunts was the artist and notable convert to Roman Catholicism Maria Rosina Giberne (1802−1885)
  3. ^ The couple had four children:
    • Evelyn Giberne (7 June 1847 – 28 February 1932), who never married.[8][9]
    • Harold Giberne, (9 October 1848 – buried 12 November 1848), who died in infancy.[1]
    • Edward Giberne, the subject of this article
    • Isabel Giberne (6 October 1857 – 30 March 1936)[10] who became a writer and married timber importer Edward Gustavus[11] in Epsom on 25 April 1891.[12] Their third son was Lance Sieveking,[13] a writer and pioneering BBC producer.
  4. ^ Giberne attended the dinner in 1885, to mark C. B. Hutchinson's retirement.[15]
  5. ^ Caroline remarried nearly five years after Giberne's death, to George Kendall Hext.[31]
  6. ^ The works he exhibited at the Royal Academy were:[39]
    • 1876. No. 818 Parson Chowne; from Blackmore's "Maid of Sker."
    • 1877. No. 129 Little Miss Moffet.
    • 1877. No. 740 Whistle and I'll come to you, my lad.
    • 1878. No. 666 The pond on the green.
  7. ^ These venues were: The Society of Artists (1761–1791), The Free Society of Artists (1761–1783), the Royal Academy, the British Institution for Promoting the Fine Arts in the United Kingdom (1805–1867), and Suffolk Street (later better known as the Royal Society of British Artists). Of these five, three were defunct before Giberne began exhibiting.
  8. ^ While the Dictionary of British Artists shows him as exhibition only one work at the Royal Society of British Artists from 1880,[38] and Graves show with no pieces at the venue up to 1980,[36] The Dictionary of Victorian Painters shows him as exhibiting three works at the venue between 1875 and 1885.[37]
  9. ^ One of these was presumably Who is Sylvia? which "really caught the fancy" of Edward Aveling when he visited the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours Exhibition in 1885 because it was "so pretty and graceful".[40]
  10. ^ The Jisc Library Hub Discover brings together the catalogues of 168 major UK and Irish libraries. Additional libraries are being added all the time, and the catalogue collates national, university, and research libraries.[45][46]
  11. ^ Available from the Biodiversity Library.[47] The 1898 edition was illustrated by Hugh Thomson with 12 illustrations including a colour frontispiece.[48] While the list of publications by George Whyte-Melville in the 1898 edition give 1875 as the date of publication of the book,[48]: xix  the Pall Mall Gazette advertised the book in February 1878 as a "New Work by Major Whyte Melville."[49]
  12. ^ Available on-line at the Internet Archive.[50]
  13. ^ The Morning Post said that one of the two features of the book that called for special commendation was "the admiral illustrations" by Giberne.[51]
  14. ^ Available on-line at the British Library.[52]
  15. ^ Illustrated by Giberne and 20 other authors.[53] Available on-line from the British Library.[54]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g Cousins, Jeff (2010). Nonsuch Extra No. 12 - An Old Family Bible (PDF). Epsom: Epsom & Ewell History & Archeology Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Wills and Probates 1858-1996: Pages for Giberne and the year of death 1876". Find a Will Service. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Miss Agnes Giberne: A Pioneer of Popular Science". The Times (Tuesday 22 August 1939): 12. 22 August 1939. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  4. ^ London Metropolitan Archives (2010). "Baptisms solemnized in the Parish Church of Allhallows-Barking in the county of London in the year 1824: No 550: Ref No: P69/ALH1/A/02/002". London, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1917. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com.
  5. ^ "Wills and Probates 1858-1996: Pages for Giberne and the year of death 1911". Find a Will Service. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Newspapers and periodicals: Gentlemans Magazine". Families in British India Society. October 1846. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  7. ^ Surrey History Centre (2013). "1846 Marriage Solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of Reigate in the county of Surrey: No 146: 20 July: Edward Giberne: Reference Number: P49/1/16". Surrey Church of England Parish Registers: 1874-1899. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com.
  8. ^ Surrey History Centre (2013). "Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Epsom in the county of Surrey in the year 1847: No 1161: Ref No: 3013/3". Surrey Church of England Parish Registers: Jan 1834 - Oct 1852. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com.
  9. ^ "Wills and Probates 1858-1996: Pages for Giberne and the year of death 1932". Find a Will Service. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  10. ^ "Wills and Probates 1858-1996: Pages for Sieveking and the year of death 1936". Find a Will Service. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  11. ^ National Archives (1939). 1939 Register: Reference: RG 1101/6614C: E.D. TWAC. Kew: National Archives.
  12. ^ Surrey History Centre (2013). "1891 Marriage Solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of Epsom in the county of Surrey: No 301: 25 April: Edward Gustavus Sieveking: Reference Number: 3132/1/2". Surrey Church of England Parish Registers: 1874-1899. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com.
  13. ^ Siepmann, C. A. (6 January 2011). "Sieveking, Lancelot de Giberne". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/31683. Retrieved 26 October 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  14. ^ Mitchell, A. T. (1902). Rugby School Register. Vol. 2: August 1842 to January 1874 (Revised and annotated ed.). Rugby: A. J. Lawrence. p. 244. Retrieved 22 October 2020 – via The Internet Archive.
  15. ^ "Presentation to the Rev. C. B. Hutchinson". The Meteor (Edited by Members of Rugby School) (211): 7. 5 February 1885. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  16. ^ a b c d e "In Memorium". The Meteor (Edited by Members of Rugby School) (114): 122. 1 November 1889. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  17. ^ "Cricket". Banbury Guardian (Thursday 07 September 1876): 5. 7 September 1876. Retrieved 25 October 2020 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
  18. ^ "Cricket". The Field (Saturday 19 May 1877): 42. 19 May 1877. Retrieved 25 October 2020 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
  19. ^ "Cricket". The Field (Saturday 27 July 1878): 43. 27 July 1878. Retrieved 25 October 2020 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
  20. ^ "Cricket". The Meteor (Edited by Members of Rugby School) (273): 94. 6 July 1877. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  21. ^ "Cricket". Herts Advertiser (Saturday 03 August 1878): 8. 3 August 1878. Retrieved 25 October 2020 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
  22. ^ "Cricket". The Field (Saturday 31 May 1879): 40. 31 May 1879. Retrieved 25 October 2020 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
  23. ^ "Cricket". Bury and Norwich Post (Tuesday 19 August 1879): 8. 19 August 1879. Retrieved 25 October 2020 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
  24. ^ "Cricket". The Field (Saturday 23 August 1879): 43. 23 August 1879. Retrieved 25 October 2020 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
  25. ^ "Incogniti". Cricket (Thursday 12 April 1888): 2. 12 April 1888. Retrieved 26 October 2020 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
  26. ^ "Incogniti". Cricket (Thursday 31 October 1889): 6. 31 October 1889. Retrieved 25 October 2020 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
  27. ^ Surrey History Centre (2013). "1884 Marriage Solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of Epsom in the county of Surrey: No 148: Edward Giberne: Reference Number:3132/1/2". Surrey Church of England Parish Registers: 1874-1899. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com.
  28. ^ "Births". Morning Post (Monday 09 February 1885): 1. 9 February 1885. Retrieved 26 October 2020 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
  29. ^ "Wills and Probates 1858-1996: Pages for Giberne and the year of death 1965". Find a Will Service. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  30. ^ National Archives (1939). 1939 Register: Reference: RG 101/6714F: E.D. WBCA. Kew: National Archives.
  31. ^ Surrey History Centre (2013). "1894 Marriage Solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of Ashtead in the county of Surrey: No 314: 23 June: George Kendall Hext: Reference Number: ATDGIL/2/2/3". Surrey Church of England Parish Registers: 1874-1899: December 1837-December 1909. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com.
  32. ^ "Entry 476 of Edgar Giberne, 21 September 1889". 1889 Deaths in the sub-district of Epsom in the Country of Surrey. 24 September 1889. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  33. ^ "Wills and Probates 1858-1996: Pages for Giberne and the year of death 1889". Find a Will Service. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  34. ^ "The collection of Modern Pictures and Water-colour drawings of the late James Blake esq". The Times (Thursday 12 December 1889): 16. 12 December 1889. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  35. ^ "Auction Sales Today". Morning Post (Saturday 14 December 1889): 6. 14 December 1889. Retrieved 23 October 2020 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
  36. ^ a b c Graves, Algernon (1884). A Dictionary of Artists who have exhibited works in the principle London exhibitions of oil paintings from 1760 to 1880. London: George Bell and Sons. p. 93. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081864062. Retrieved 14 September 2020 – via The Hathi Trust (access may be limited outside the United States).
  37. ^ a b Woods, Christopher (1978). The Dictionary of Victorian Painters (2nd ed.). Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club. p. 174. ISBN 978-0-902028-72-2. Retrieved 5 September 2020 – via The Internet Archive.
  38. ^ a b c Johnson, J.; Greutzner, A. (1986). The Dictionary of British Artists 1880-1940. Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club. p. 198.
  39. ^ Graves, Algernon (1905). The Royal Academy of Arts: A completed Dictionary of Contributors and their work from its foundation in 1769 to 1904. Vol. 3: Eadie to Harraden. London: Henry Graves and Co. Ltd., and George Bell and Sons. p. 229. Retrieved 25 August 2020 – via The Internet Archive.
  40. ^ Kapp, Yvonne (10 July 2018). Eleanor Marx: A Biography. Verso Books. p. 340. ISBN 978-1-78663-595-2. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  41. ^ "The Royal Institute of Painters in Water-Colours. Second Notice". Leeds Mercury (Saturday 28 April 1888): 12. 28 April 1888. Retrieved 26 October 2020 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
  42. ^ Coysh, A. W. (1984). The Dictionary of Picture Postcards in Britain 1894-1939. Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club. p. 49. ISBN 978-1-85149-231-2.
  43. ^ Houfe, Simon (1996). Dictionary of 19th Century British Book Illustrators and Caricaturists. Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club. p. 150. ISBN 1-85149-193-7.
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  47. ^ Whyte-Melville, George John (1878). Riding Recollections (5th ed.). London: Chapman and Hall. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  48. ^ a b Whyte-Melville, George John (1898). Riding Recollections. London: W. Thacker & Co. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  49. ^ "Chapman & Hall's Publications". Pall Mall Gazette (Thursday 07 February 1878): 16. 7 February 1878. Retrieved 30 October 2020 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
  50. ^ a b Merivale, Merman Charles (1884). Binkos' Blues. London: Chapman and Hall. Retrieved 25 October 2020 – via The Internet Archive.
  51. ^ "Literature: Stag-hunting on Exmoor". Morning Post (Tuesday 12 April 1887): 6. 12 April 1887. Retrieved 26 October 2020 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
  52. ^ Ballantyne, R. M. (1889). The Blue Lights or Hot Work in the Soudan: A tale of Soldier life in Several of its Phases. London: Nisbet & Co. Retrieved 16 October 2020 – via The British Library.
  53. ^ "Cassell and Company's Announcements: The Rivers of Great Britain". Norfolk News (Saturday 30 November 1889): 3. 30 November 1889. Retrieved 26 October 2020 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
  54. ^ Cassell and Company (1889). The rivers of Great Britain. Descriptive, historical, pictorial. Rivers of the east coast. Cassell & Co. Retrieved 26 October 2020 – via The British Library.
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