Career
Garner, born at Birmingham in 1789, received instruction in the art of engraving from Samuel Lincolnshire. 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.
The Mountaineer, after P. F. Poole, Resident Advisor
the Grecian Vintage, after T. Stothard, Resident Advisor
L"Allegro, after West. East. Frost, Resident Advisor
Il Penseroso after J. C. Horsley, R. A.
Chastity, after West. East. Frost, Resident Advisor
Royal Highness Princess Charlotte, after Sir Thomas Lawrence, President of the Royal Academy
the Village Diorama, after T. Webster, Resident Advisor
