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- William Brassey Hole RSA (7 November 1846 – 22 October 1917) was a Scottish Victorian painter, illustrator, etcher, and engraver.
- William Brassey Hole, 1846–1917, British, English, The First Meeting of the Merchant Company, 1st December 1681.
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William Brassey Hole (1817 - 1887)
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Son of John Hole and Sophia (Brassey) Hole
Brother of Richard Brassey Hole MD
Father of Charles William Russell Hole, Henry Whitworth Hole and Alice Maria Hole
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Biography
William Hole was born in Devon, England.
Birth and Parentage
William Brassey Hole was the second son of John Hole and his wife Sophia Brassey, née Hale. He was baptised in Woolfardisworthy, Devon, on 3 October 1817.[1]Educated at Exeter College, Oxford, (his father's old college), he matriculated at the age of 18 on 18 May 1836, attained his B.A. in 1840, and his M.A. in 1843.[2]
Marriage and Family
He married Fanny Russell, only daughter of Rev. Whitworth Russell, in Clifton
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William Brassey Hole, 1846-1917
Identity:
William Brassey Hole was a painter and etcher.
Life:
Hole was made an associate of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1878 and a full member in 1889. In 1885 he was elected a member of both the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers and the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Water Colours. He was a regular exhibitor, showing with these societies as well as with the Royal Academy, Fine Art Society and Connell and Sons Gallery in London. He also exhibited with the Royal Society of Artists in Birmingham, Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, Royal Hibernian Society, Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool and Manchester City Art Gallery.
On 6 October 1884 Hole wrote to the Scotsman newspaper in Edinburgh, in order to drum up public support for G. R. Halkett's suggestion that the National Portrait Gallery of Scotland should purchase JW's Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 2: Portrait of Thomas Carlyle (YMSM 137). He declared, 'The picture is one of the best examples of a master who, at his best, and within his own limits, is almost beyo
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William Brassey Hole
Identity:
William Brassey Hole was a painter and etcher.
Life:
Hole was made an associate of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1878 and a full member in 1889. In 1885 he was elected a member of both the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers and the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Water Colours. He was a regular exhibitor, showing with these societies as well as with the Royal Academy, Fine Art Society and Connell and Sons Gallery in London. He also exhibited with the Royal Society of Artists in Birmingham, Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, Royal Hibernian Society, Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool and Manchester City Art Gallery.
On 6 October 1884 Hole wrote to the Scotsman newspaper in Edinburgh, in order to drum up public support for G. R. Halkett's suggestion that the National Portrait Gallery of Scotland should purchase Whistler's Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 2: Portrait of Thomas Carlyle y137. He declared, 'The picture is one of the best examples of a master who, at his best, and within his own limits, is almost beyond criticism,
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