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Charles Holroyd R.E.
Potternewton, Leeds 1861 – 1917 Weybridge
The Adoration of the Shepherds
The Adoration of the Shepherds
Dodgson 143 i/iii and iii/iii (Holroyd Opus 148)
252 x 404 mm and 235 x 400 mm
Original etching, 1899 - 1900.
A trial proof in the first state.
Signed in pencil and annotated.
On cream wove paper with narrow margins.
Also two impressions in the third (final) state, after the plate was cut down and bevelled, printed with plate tone, one in brown ink and one in black, on cream laid paper watermarked O.W.P&A.C.L.
Both signed in pencil, and annotated at the foot of the sheets.
For all three impressions: £200
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Additional
Information about the Print
Exhibited at the R.E. 1900.
The etching shows the subject of the central panel of the tryptic Holroyd painted for the main altar of St Michael’s Church at Aveley in Essex.
The wings have paintings of St Michael and St Gabriel.
In 1958 Holroyd’s altar was moved to the North Chapel and a new main High Altar installed.
He also designed a stained glass window for the church showing the Resurrection.
Provenance: by descent from the artist to his widow Lady Holroyd; to their son Michael; to Michael’s godson.
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