Sir Charles Holroyd
Born 9 April 1861
Died 17 November 1917
Active: 1899 - 1915
Country of birth and death: Great Britain
Museum director, etcher, painter, sculptor and medallist
Born Potternewton, nr Leeds. 1897-1906 first keeper of the National Gallery of British Art at Millbank (now Tate Britain). 1906-16 Director of the national Gallery (succeeded Sir Edward Poynter). Founded a collection of works by Alfred Stevens at Tate.
Wealth at death: £13,221 8s. 7d.
Probate date: 8 February 1918
Works
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Citing this record
'Sir Charles Holroyd', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib2_1204850567, accessed 24 May 2022]