Dundee Art Galleries & Museum: 272-1987-133
Artist: Holl, Francis
Date: 1880
State: 1/1
Size: 31.8 x 25.1 cm
Medium: Mezzotint
| Details | Mezzotint with stipple engraving. According to the Printsellers’ Association the print was declared on 13 November 1880 and published by T. Agnew and Son, 39 Old Bond Street, London. A further run was published on 20 December 1880 by Agnew’s. Inscription in remarque, possible graphite, ‘Frank Holl – Alfred Piatti – Francis Holl’. In print, bottom right ‘Frank Holl, 1879’. |
| Description | Alfredo Carlo Piatti (1822-1901) was a renowned cellist. Orchar was also a collector of antique violins (he owned two by Stradivarius, a Joseph Guarneri and an Amati) and a generous player: ‘During his lifetime he was every ready to lend them to players skilled enough to make proper use of them’. ‘B.F.’ as quoted by ‘Collector’, ‘Mr Orchar’s Bequest of Violins – To the Editor of The Violin Times’, The Violin Times, Vol. 5, Issue 57, July 1898, p.172. Indeed, his talent as a violinist brought a visit of the noted Hungarian violinist Joseph Joachim to Angus Lodge. Entry on James Guthrie Orchar, The Dictionary of Scottish Architects (http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/).The original painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1879.There are also two paintings by Frank Holl in The Orchar Collection; A Cottage Interior and Port with Boats, both dated 1875 |
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