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Near Orange

Sir Charles John Holmes, 1868–1936

Leicester Museum & Art Gallery, Leicester

This watercolour is part of a collection of 10 drawings and one etching mostly of the Lake District presented to Victoria Art Gallery, Bath; Ulster Museum, Belfast; New Walk Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester; Royal Institute of British Architects, London; Astley Cheetham Public Library and Art Gallery, Stalybridge and Wakefield Art Gallery. The donors, Miss C M Rivington and the late Miss C L Rivington were cousins to Sir Charles John Holmes.

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Title of artwork, date

Near Orange, 1868–1936

Date supported

1946

Medium and material

Etching

Dimensions

25 x 36 cm

Gifted by

C M & C L Rivington

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