Coming of Age in the Olden Time (after William Powell Frith)
Francis Holl, ARA (Camden Town 1815 – Milford 1884)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1849 (original painting) - 1854 - 1855
Materials
Engraving on paper
Measurements
571 x 902 mm
Place of origin
Glasgow
Order this imageCollection
Ardress House, County Armagh
NT 247697
Summary
Engraving, Coming of Age in the Olden Time, 1849 after William Powell Frith (1819-1909) by Francis Holl, ARA (Camden Town 1815 – Milford 1884). Engraved for the Art Union of Glasgow 1854-5. A crowded scene in a courtyard with figures in Tudor dress drinking and feasting, others watching as a young man descends the steps at right, a man at the foot reading from a scroll, a kneeling figure beside him bearing a helmet to present to the boy, whose parents watch proudly from the doorway above.
Makers and roles
Francis Holl, ARA (Camden Town 1815 – Milford 1884), engraver (printmaker) William Powell Frith RA (Ripon 1819 – London 1909), artist