Thomas Garner
Thomas Garner (1789–1868) was a British engraver, best known for engraving plates for The Art Journal.
Thomas Garner
W. Bartlett T. Garner · The Picturesque Beauties of Great Britain: Essex, published 1834. · Public domain
- Born
- 1789
- Died
- 1868
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Great Britain · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- engraver
- Languages
- English
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Garner, born at Birmingham in 1789, received instruction in the art of engraving from Samuel Lines. He lived in Birmingham nearly all his life and was an active promoter of the study of art in Birmingham. He was also one of the founders of the Antique Academy there, later known as the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. Garner was of a modest and unassuming disposition and so was little known, but he was very much esteemed for his cultivated knowledge and artistic skill. He died at Birmingham on 14 July 1868. As an engraver, Garner did some of his best work for the annuals then in vogue, and also in subjects of local interest and portraits of local celebrities.
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1789
Thomas Garner born.
1868
Thomas Garner died.
Plates for The Art Journal
• the Mountaineer, after P. F. Poole, R.A. • the Grecian Vintage, after T. Stothard, R.A. • L'Allegro, after W. E. Frost, R.A. • Il Penseroso after J. C. Horsley, R. A. • Chastity, after W. E. Frost, R.A. • H.R.H. Princess Charlotte, after Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A. • the Village Diorama, after T. Webster, R.A.
The Banishment of Cleombrotus (after Benjamin West)
Thomas Garner · Neues elegantes Conversations-Lexikon für Gebildete aus allen Ständen. Hrsg.: O. L. B. Wolff.
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The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 16 August 2026.
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