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Charles Holroyd R.E.
Potternewton, Leeds 1861 – 1917 Weybridge
Study of Head - Satyr
Study of Head - Satyr
Dodgson 27 i/ii (Holroyd Opus 27/104)
200 x 149 m
Original etching, 1885.
Signed in pencil.
One of only two proofs in the first state, touched at a later date with ink and Chinese white preparatory to changing the plate for the second state, when it was transformed into a Satyr.
As such it was exhibited at the R.E. in 1896, with the title Satyr and Opus number 104.
On stiff textured cream wove
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Additional
Information about the Print
Probably based on a life study done at the Slade.
(Holroyd exhibited an oil painting The Satyr King at the R.A. in 1889.)
Provenance: by descent from the artist to his widow Lady Holroyd; to their son Michael; to Michael’s godson. |
