The Ladies' Guest House (from the series 'Monte Oliveto') (1893)

Charles Holroyd

etching on paper

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

The Ladies' Guest House (from the series 'Monte Oliveto') (1893)

Photo credit: Trustees of the British Museum

Classification:

Materials:

Paper, Ink

Physical Object Description:

In the foreground, a monk stands by a tall house, looking to his left; on a terrace, a group of women conversing and in the background a small village on a hill. Signed in pencil on the lower right, below the plate mark: 'Charles Holroyd'.

Technique:

Etching

Dimensions:

22.5 x 17.5 cm

Accession Number:

1924,0209.20

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1924

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Gifted by Campbell Dodgson (1867-1948) to the Prints and Drawings Fund of the Contemporary Art Society, 1921; presented to Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1924

Relationship:

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London Campbell Dodgson

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