Rand Holmes
Rand Holmes was a Canadian comics artist (1942–2002). He was born at Truro and died at Nanaimo.
Also recorded as Randolph Holton Holmes; Randolph Holmes.
Rand Holmes in brief
- Born
- 1942
- Died
- 2002
- Known for
- comics artist
- Place of birth
- Truro
Contents
Recognition and collections
Rand Holmes received Canadian Comic Book Hall of Fame and Giants of the North Canadian Cartoonist Hall of Fame. Work by Rand Holmes is held by International Institute of Social History.
Catalogued works
7 works under this name are catalogued by The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1683 to 1970.
Mother and Son, dated June 3, 1970, dye imbibition print, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1970.986. The claims of dentistry : an address delivered at the commencement exercises of the Dental Department in Harvard University, February 14, 1872 / by Oliver Wendell Holmes., dated 1872, held by Wellcome Collection. The claims of dentistry / [Oliver Wendell Holmes]., dated 1948, held by Wellcome Collection. Proceedings and debates of the fourth National Quarantine and Sanitary Convention : held in the city of Boston, June 14, 15, and 16, 1860 / Reported for the City Council of Boston., dated 1860, held by Wellcome Collection. Speeches of Drs. Thompson, James Jackson, John Homans, O.W. Holmes, S. Durkee and H.W. Williams in response to sentiments offered at the Annual Dinner of the Mass. Medical Society, Boston, May 1856., dated 1856, held by Wellcome Collection. A plant (Randia dumetorum): branch with flowers and fruit, cross-section of fruit and seed. Coloured line engraving., dated [1683], held by Wellcome Collection. Randia malabarica Lam.: branch with flowers and fruit, separate flower, fruit and seeds and sectioned fruit. Coloured line engraving., dated [1685], held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.
The Art Institute of Chicago: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 6 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 4 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 3 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 3 means 3 genuinely separate publishers of record. 17 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
In detail
the recorded working language is English.
Work by Rand Holmes is recorded in the collections of International Institute of Social History.
Distinctions recorded are Canadian Comic Book Hall of Fame and Giants of the North Canadian Cartoonist Hall of Fame.
Chronology
- 1683A plant (Randia dumetorum): branch with flowers and fruit, cross-section of fruit and seed. Coloured line engraving. (Wellcome Collection).
- 1856Speeches of Drs. Thompson, James Jackson, John Homans, O.W. Holmes, S. Durkee and H.W. Williams in response to sentiments offered at the Annual Dinner of the Mass. Medical Society, Boston, May 1856. (Wellcome Collection).
- 1860Proceedings and debates of the fourth National Quarantine and Sanitary Convention : held in the city of Boston, June 14, 15, and 16, 1860 / Reported for the City Council of Boston. (Wellcome Collection).
- 1872The claims of dentistry : an address delivered at the commencement exercises of the Dental Department in Harvard University, February 14, 1872 / by Oliver Wendell Holmes. (Wellcome Collection).
- 1942Rand Holmes born at Truro.
- 1948The claims of dentistry / [Oliver Wendell Holmes]. (Wellcome Collection).
- 1970Mother and Son (The Art Institute of Chicago).
- 2002Rand Holmes died at Nanaimo.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Rand Holmes.
museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago
Consult the source - 2.
Wellcome Collection catalogue records 6 works naming Rand Holmes.
museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection
Consult the source - 3.
Wikidata, structured authority record Q2130586: Rand Holmes
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata
Consult the source - 4.
“Rand Holmes”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
Consult the source
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