A Quiet Observer of the English Countryside In the tapestry of late nineteenth and early twentieth-century British art, few threads are as soothing or as evocative as those woven by Ernest Charles Walbourn. Born on 16 February 1872 in Dalston, Middlesex, Walbourn emerged during a period of profound transformation in England. As the relentless gears of industrial progress began to reshape the landscape and social fabric of the nation,…