Charles Rolls (engraver) explained
Charles Rolls (2 June 1799 - 9 November 1885) was a British engraver of mainly historical and figurative artworks. In a long career he created engravings from paintings by many notable 19th century artists.
Biography
Rolls was born on 2 June 1799 in Grange Road, Bermondsey, London (then in Surrey) to non-conformist parents, William and Mary Rolls.[1]
Early in his career, in 1923, he was proposed for the Artists' Annuity and Benevolent Fund, one of his sponsors being the engraver Francis Engleheart.[2]
Most of Rolls work was for book-illustrations and he also worked for J S Virtue & Co, the publisher of The Art Journal.[3]
The celebrated engravers William Turner Davey and Lumb Stocks were both apprenticed to Rolls, Stocks from 30 November 1826, with a ‘consideration’ of £315, paid by his father.[4]
He died on 9 November 1885 at his home, Oakdene, South Laurie Park, Penge, London and is buried in Nunhead Cemetery.
External links
- An engraving of Henry Thomson's painting, for The Literary Souvenir annual for 1828, with illustrative verse by Letitia Elizabeth Landon
- An engraving of Henry Corbould's painting, in Forget Me Not annual for 1831, with illustrative verse by Letitia Elizabeth Landon
- An engraving of Henry Howard's painting, in The Keepsake annual for 1832, with illustrative verse by Letitia Elizabeth Landon
- , an engraving of Gilbert Stuart Newton's painting, in The Amulet annual for 1833, with illustrative verse by Letitia Elizabeth Landon
- An engraving Gilbert Stuart Newton's painting for The Literary Souvenir annual, 1833, with the poem On a Picture Representing an Italian Contadina and her Family by Felicia Hemans.
- , an engraving of Henry Wyatt's painting, in The Amulet annual for 1835 (page 7), with illustrative verse by Letitia Elizabeth Landon
- , an engraving of a painting by J. Inskip in The Amulet annual for 1836, with illustrative verse by Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Notes and References
- Web site: England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977 . www.familysearch.org . 26 March 2021.
- Web site: Artists' Annuity & Benevolent Fund . www.lma.gov.uk . 26 March 2021.
- Web site: Charles Rolls . www.britishmuseum.org . 26 March 2021.
- Hunnisett, B. (23 September 2004). Stocks, Lumb (1812–1892), engraver. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 26 Mar. 2021, from https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-26546.
