"Rigg Mill, Whitby" Edward H. Holder. Large Oil Landscape.

19th century

Sold by William Greenwood Fine Art

Description

Artist: Edward Henry Holder. (1847-1922).

Title: "Rigg Mill, near Whitby". North Yorkshire Summer Landscape.

Signed and dated (18)90. Inscribed with title to the reverse of stretcher.

Oil on canvas. Contained in its very good original gilt gold leaf frame

Size: 20"x 30". Framed size: 32 1/4"x 42 1/4".

A superb quality landscape painting.

The Yorkshire artist Edwin Henry Holder was born in Scarborough and exhibited his work from 1864 to 1893 at Suffolk Street and also at the Royal Academy from 1872 to 1873. He was primarily a landscape painter and his subjects were mainly coastal views in Yorkshire.

He lived in London and Holmsdale Road Reigate.

Holder is known to have traveled extensively in Europe, but also as far as South Africa. In 1917 he exhibited a view of Victoria Falls on the Zambezi at the Royal Academy.

Edwin Henry Holder paintings are with the Russell-Cotes Museum and Art Gallery, Exeter City Council, Usher Gallery Lincoln, Victoria and Albert Museum, Astley Cheetham Art Gallery, Sunderland Museum and Art Gallery and York City Art Gallery.

Physical Dimensions

Height

82cm (32.28")

Width

107cm (42.13")

Depth

13cm (5.12")

Declaration

William Greenwood Fine Art has dated this piece to the Victorian era.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA578337

Dealers Internal Reference

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Description

Artist: Edward Henry Holder. (1847-1922).

Title: "Rigg Mill, near Whitby". North Yorkshire Summer Landscape.

Signed and dated (18)90. Inscribed with title to the reverse of stretcher.

Oil on canvas. Contained in its very good original gilt gold leaf frame

fig 1. "Rigg Mill, Whitby" Edward H. Holder. Large Oil Landscape.

Size: 20"x 30". Framed size: 32 1/4"x 42 1/4".

A superb quality landscape painting.

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The Yorkshire artist Edwin Henry Holder was born in Scarborough and exhibited his work from 1864 to 1893 at Suffolk Street and also at the Royal Academy from 1872 to 1873.

William Greenwood Fine Art

He was primarily a landscape painter and his subjects were mainly coastal views in Yorkshire.

fig 2. "Rigg Mill, Whitby" Edward H. Holder. Large Oil Landscape.

He lived in London and Holmsdale Road Reigate.

Holder is known to have traveled extensively in Europe, but also as far as South Africa. In 1917 he exhibited a view of Victoria Falls on the Zambezi at the Royal Academy.

fig 3. "Rigg Mill, Whitby" Edward H. Holder. Large Oil Landscape.

Edwin Henry Holder paintings are with the Russell-Cotes Museum and Art Gallery, Exeter City Council, Usher Gallery Lincoln, Victoria and Albert Museum, Astley Cheetham Art Gallery, Sunderland Museum and Art Gallery and York City Art Gallery.