Charles Rolls
Charles Rolls (2 June 1799 – 9 November 1885) was a British engraver of mainly historical and figurative artworks. In a long career he created engravings from paintings by many notable 19th century artists. • Illustration — Grave of Charles Rolls in Nunhead Cemetery
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Charles Rolls
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- Name
- Charles Rolls
- Born
- 2 June 1799
- Birthplace
- Bermondsey, London
- Died
- 9 November 1885
- Place of death
- Penge, London
- Occupation
- Engraver
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Great Britain · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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Charles Rolls (2 June 1799 – 9 November 1885) was a British engraver of mainly historical and figurative artworks. In a long career he created engravings from paintings by many notable 19th century artists. • Illustration — Grave of Charles Rolls in Nunhead Cemetery
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Charles Rolls (1800–1857) was a British and British artist and engraver. Works by the artist are held at Print Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum and Yale Center for British Art.
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• Name — Charles Rolls • Born — 2 June 1799 • Birthplace — Bermondsey, London • Died — 9 November 1885 • Place of death — Penge, London • Occupation — Engraver
Biography
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Rolls was born on 2 June 1799 in Grange Road, Bermondsey, London (then in Surrey) to non-conformist parents, William and Mary Rolls. Early in his career, in 1823, he was proposed for the Artists' Annuity and Benevolent Fund, one of his sponsors being the engraver Francis Engleheart. Most of Rolls work was for book-illustrations and he also worked for J S Virtue & Co, the publisher of The Art Journal. The celebrated engravers William Turner Davey and Lumb Stocks were both apprenticed to Rolls, Stocks from 30 November 1826, with a ‘consideration’ of £315, paid by his father. He died on 9 November 1885 at his home, Oakdene, South Laurie Park, Penge, London and is buried in Nunhead Cemetery.
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• Illustration — William Chamberlayne after John Thurston, after a 1699 engraving by A. Hertochs (Hertocks) • Illustration — The taming of the shrew after C. R. Leslie, R.A. • Illustration — La Belle Hamilton after Sir Sir Peter Lely
A group of urchins have caused havoc in a farmyard and killed one cockerel but they are pursued by the dog and a man with a birch stick. Engraved by Charles Rolls after Alexander Fraser. Iconographic Collections
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A family are saddened by the sale of their pet lamb. Engraving by C. Rolls after W. Collins R.A. Iconographic Collections
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- 1.England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977. www.familysearch.org.
- 2.Artists' Annuity & Benevolent Fund. www.lma.gov.uk.
- 3.Charles Rolls. www.britishmuseum.org.
- 4.Hunnisett, B. (23 September 2004). Stocks, Lumb (1812–1892), engraver. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 26 Mar. 2021, from https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-26546.
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