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Charles Holroyd R.E.
Potternewton, Leeds 1861 – 1917 Weybridge
Siena, the city beloved of Mary
Siena, the city beloved of Mary
Dodgson 159 (Holroyd 164)
227 x 354 mm
Original etching1902-03.
Signed in pencil and entitled.
Printed in brown-black ink on cream laid paper watermarked O.W.P&A.C.L.
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Information about the Print
Siena was dubbed “The City of the Virgin” in the Middle Ages.
The nine sections of the fan-shaped main piazza symbolise the Madonna’s cloak, sheltering Siena.
Exhibited at the R.E. 1903.
Provenance: by descent from the artist to his widow Lady Holroyd; to their son Michael; to Michael’s godson.
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