Charles Rolls (2 June 1799 – 9 November 1885) was a British engraver of mainly historical and figurative artworks. In a long career he created engravings from paintings by many notable 19th century artists. Grave of Charles Rolls in Nunhead Cemetery

Grave of Charles Rolls in Nunhead Cemetery

Biography

Rolls was born on 2 June 1799 in Grange Road,

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) to non-conformist parents, William and Mary Rolls. Early in his career, in 1823, he was proposed for the Artists' Annuity and Benevolent Fund, one of his sponsors being the engraver

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. Most of Rolls work was for book-illustrations and he also worked for J S Virtue & Co, the publisher of ''

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''. The celebrated engravers William Turner Davey and

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were both apprenticed to Rolls, Stocks from 30 November 1826, with a ‘consideration’ of £315, paid by his father.Hunnisett, B. (23 September 2004). Stocks, Lumb (1812–1892), engraver. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 26 Mar. 2021, from https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-26546. He died on 9 November 1885 at his home, ''Oakdene'', South Laurie Park, Penge, London and is buried in

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Gallery

William Chamberlayne by Charles Rolls, after John Thurston, after A. Hertochs (Hertocks).jpg,

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after John Thurston, after a 1699 engraving by A. Hertochs (Hertocks) The taming of the shrew - painted by C.R. Leslie, R.A. ; engraved by Chas. Rolls. LCCN2015647090.jpg, ''

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'' after C. R. Leslie, R.A. Charles Rolls after Sir Peter Lely, La Belle Hamilton, NGA 59518.jpg, ''La Belle Hamilton'' after Sir

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References

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* An engraving of Henry Thomson's painting, for The Literary Souvenir annual for 1828, with illustrative verse by

Letitia Elizabeth Landon Letitia Elizabeth Landon (14 August 1802 – 15 October 1838) was an English poet and novelist, better known by her initials L.E.L. Landon's writings are emblematic of the transition from Romanticism to Victorian literature. Her first major b ...

* An engraving of

Henry Corbould Henry Corbould (11 August 1787 – 9 December 1844) was an English artist and draughtsman. Life Henry Corbould was born in London, on the 11 August 1787. He was the third son of Richard Corbould and Charlotte Phillipson. He studied painting with ...

's painting, in Forget Me Not annual for 1831, with illustrative verse by

* An engraving of Henry Howard's painting, in The Keepsake annual for 1832, with illustrative verse by

* , an engraving of Gilbert Stuart Newton's painting, in The Amulet annual for 1833, with illustrative verse by

* An engraving Gilbert Stuart Newton's painting for The Literary Souvenir annual, 1833, with the poem ''On a Picture Representing an Italian Contadina and her Family'' by

Felicia Hemans Felicia Dorothea Hemans (25 September 1793 – 16 May 1835) was an English poet (who identified as Welsh by adoption). Regarded as the leading female poet of her day, Hemans was immensely popular during her lifetime in both England and the Unit ...

. * , an engraving of Henry Wyatt's painting, in The Amulet annual for 1835 (page 7), with illustrative verse by

* , an engraving of a painting by J. Inskip in The Amulet annual for 1836, with illustrative verse by

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