Francis Holl (23 March 1815 – 14 January 1884), was an English engraver.

Life

He was born 23 March 1815 in

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, London, the fourth son of the prominent engraver William Holl the Elder (c.1771-1838), to whom he was apprenticed. The engraver William Holl the Younger was his brother. He was both successful and fashionable, producing work for book and print publishers. He spent 25 years engraving

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's pictures during which period he executed commissions of other royal portraits. Often working from paintings by fashionable artists, he exhibited 20 engravings at the

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between 1856 and 1883, and was elected an associate engraver in 1883. He lived at 30 Gloucester Road,

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for many years, before moving to Elm House, Milford, Surrey, in about 1879. He died on 14 January 1884, and was buried at

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. The painter

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was his son.

References

1815 births English engravers Portrait engravers 1884 deaths Artists from London Burials at Highgate Cemetery Associates of the Royal Academy {{UK-printmaker-stub