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THBEdgar A. Holloway (English, 1870-1941), Gouaches Depicting British Gallantry Award Recipients, Plus
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LiveDec 18, 2017 - Dec 19, 2017
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- Lot Description
Lot of 4, featuring 3 gouaches by Edgar A. Holloway (1870-1941) depicting events that led to British gallantry awards, plus one unsigned gouache.
Lot includes the following works by Holloway:
Untitled
gouache
signed l.l.
framed, 18.25 x 11.75 in. (sight).
Depicts soldier climbing over a wall as explosions go off around him and debris scatter the ground beneath him. Handwritten label on verso mentions Private F. Jenson of the 9th Battalion, E. Surrey Regiment and describes the act of gallantry for which he was awarded a Distinguished Conduct Medal: rescuing the wounded and bringing in the dead under heavy shell fire after a trench explosion.
Gouache
untitled
signed l.l.
framed, 12.5 x 16.25 in. (sight)
Depicts soldiers using overturned wagon as a shield, while a slain horse lies in the right foreground and explosions go off in the background. Handwritten label on verso mentions Driver E. W. Halliday of the Army Service Corps and describes the act of gallantry for which he was awarded a Distinguished Conduct Medal: accompanying large convoys of supply wagons nightly as a cyclist and clearing away dead horses and debris so that the convoy could proceed.
Gouache
untitled
signed l.l.
framed, 12.25 x 16.5 in. (sight).
Depicts soldier carrying another wounded soldier on his back, trudging through active battle field while explosions go off all around. One casualty lies in the background. Handwritten label on verso mentions Acting Corporal Issy Smith and describes the act of gallantry for which he was awarded a Distinguished Conduct Medal: assisting a wounded man and carrying him to safety under machine gun fire, at great personal risk.
Unknown artist
untitled
gouache
framed, 21 x 13.5 in. (sight).
Depicts soldiers struggling to pull cannon wagon while horse runs toward foreground and explosions go off in the background. Debris and a fallen soldier can be seen in the painting as well.
Edgar Alfred Holloway was a British children's book illustrator, but he became a war artist during the Boer War, working for the British publisher, Gale and Polden, creating military uniform pictures for their postcard series. He continued his career as an artist by contributing illustrations to the Boys' Own Paper and Young England magazine, as well as illustrating boys' adventure books. After emigrating to Australia, Holloway continued illustrating for publishers in Sydney.
Provenance: The Alan Culpin Collection of World War I Art
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