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Sir Charles Holroyd

1861–1917

Wooded Landscape c.1906
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6 artworks by Sir Charles Holroyd
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Biography

Sir Charles Holroyd RE (9 April 1861 – 17 November 1917) was an English painter, original printmaker and curator during the late Victorian and Edwardian eras up to and including the First World War. He was Keeper of the Tate from 1897 to 1906, Director of the National Gallery from 1906 to 1916 and Assessor (Vice-President) of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers & Engravers (now Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers) from 1902 to 1917.

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Artworks

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  • Villa Torlonia, Frascati

    Sir Charles Holroyd
    c.1896
  • Sketch of G.F. Watts

    Sir Charles Holroyd
    1897
  • Sketch of Alphonse Legros

    Sir Charles Holroyd
    date not known
  • Medal of George Meredith

    Sir Charles Holroyd
    date not known
  • Death of Torrigiano

    Sir Charles Holroyd
    exhibited 1886
  • Alcantara Bridge, Toledo

    Sir Charles Holroyd
    1906
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  • Langstrath

    Sir Charles Holroyd
    1905
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  • Mountain View from the Top of Glaramara, towards Langdale

    Sir Charles Holroyd
    1907
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