Study of Hugh & Dolly Varden

William Powell Frith (1819 - 1909)

Judges' Lodgings

1882

Study of Hugh and Dolly Varden from Dickens' 'Barnaby Rudge'. Part of a collection of 297 works distributed to 11 public collections including 3 in Liverpool. A connoisseur and patron of the arts on Merseyside, and a generous supporter of the Art Fund, George Paimer Holt (1910-1990) played an influential role in the management of the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool and was a Trustee of the National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside at the end of his life. As a member of the leading Liverpool ship-owning family who founded the Blue Funnel Line and the grandson of Liverpool's First Lord Mayor, he was able to present very effectively the case for the arts to the business community on Merseyside.

• Medium: oil sketch on panel
• ArtFunded in: 1992
• Bequeathed by George Holt through The Art Fund

Provenance

Ralph Smith; Christie's 1883; ... ; George Holt.

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