Charles William Jefferys 1869-1951
An Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada plaque here at the west end of the Medical Sciences Building at 1 King's College Circle on the grounds of the University of Toronto tells us about this artist:
Writer, artist, and illustrator of historical novels and textbooks, Charles Jefferys emigrated to Canada from England in 1879. After studying at the Toronto Art Students League, he joined the New York Herald as an illustrator in 1892, but returned to Canada in 1900 to work as a freelance artist for the Globe and the Daily Star. From 1911 to 1939 he taught drawing and painting at the University of Toronto. He painted landscapes and historical subjects across Canada, but is best known for his carefully researched drawings, such as those in his three volume Picture Gallery of Canadian History.
Location Co-ordinates: 43.661015 -79.394706
Photo by Alan L Brown - September 2006
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C.W. Jefferys 1869-1951
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