Charles William Jefferys

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 1893, but returned to Canada in 1900 to work as a freelance artist for the Globe and the Daily Star. From 1912 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.

Auteur, artiste et illustrateur de romans historiques et de manuels d’histoire, Charles Jefferys émigra d’Angleterre en 1879. Il étudia les arts à Toronto et devint illustrateur au Herald de New York en 1893. De retour au Canada en 1900, il collabora comme pigiste au Globe et au Daily Star, puis enseigna le dessin et la peinture à l’université de Toronto de 1912 à 1939. Paysagiste canadien et interprète de sujets historiques divers, il est renommé pour la qualité documentaire de ses illustrations, notamment celles de sa trilogie Picture Gallery of Canadian History.