Edgar Alfred Holloway
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Edgar Alfred Holloway was a noted illustrator of children's books. He was born in Bradford
, Yorkshire
. He became a war artist
during the Boer War
. He excelled in military uniform portraits and he worked extensively for Gale and Polden producing military uniform pictures for their postcard
series. His illustrations have subsequently been reprinted in books on British army uniforms.
Holloway contributed illustrations to the Boy's Own Paper
and Young England magazine
and illustrated numerous children's books - mostly adventure books for boys. He emigrated to Australia
in 1930 and illustrated a number of books for the Cornstalk Publishing Company in Sydney
. He died in the Sydney
suburb of Burwood
, in 1941.
Bradford
Bradford lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, in Northern England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Leeds, and northwest of Wakefield. Bradford became a municipal borough in 1847, and received its charter as a city in 1897...
, Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...
. He became a war artist
War artist
A war artist depicts some aspect of war through art; this might be a pictorial record or it might commemorate how "war shapes lives." War artists have explored a visual and sensory dimension of war which is often absent in written histories or other accounts of warfare.- Definition and context:A...
during the Boer War
Boer War
The Boer Wars were two wars fought between the British Empire and the two independent Boer republics, the Oranje Vrijstaat and the Republiek van Transvaal ....
. He excelled in military uniform portraits and he worked extensively for Gale and Polden producing military uniform pictures for their postcard
Postcard
A postcard or post card is a rectangular piece of thick paper or thin cardboard intended for writing and mailing without an envelope....
series. His illustrations have subsequently been reprinted in books on British army uniforms.
Holloway contributed illustrations to the Boy's Own Paper
Boy's Own Paper
The Boy's Own Paper was a British story paper aimed at young and teenage boys, published from 1879 to 1967.-Publishing history:The idea for the publication was first raised in 1878 by the Religious Tract Society as a means to encourage younger children to read and also instil Christian morals...
and Young England magazine
Young England magazine
Young England: A Illustrated Magazine for Boys Throughout the English-Speaking World was a British story paper aimed at a similar audience to the Boy's Own Paper, It was published from 1880 until 1937.- Publishing history :...
and illustrated numerous children's books - mostly adventure books for boys. He emigrated to Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
in 1930 and illustrated a number of books for the Cornstalk Publishing Company in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
. He died in the Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
suburb of Burwood
Burwood, New South Wales
Burwood is a suburb in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Burwood is located 12 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of Burwood Council....
, in 1941.
Picture Books by Edgar Alfred Holloway
- ABC of Jolly Jack, London, Gale & PoldenGale & PoldenGale and Polden was a British printer and publisher. Founded in Brompton, near Chatham, Kent in 1868, the business subsequently moved to Aldershot, where they were based until closure in November 1981 after the company had been bought by media mogul Robert Maxwell.-Early years:The firm of Gale and...
, ca. 1920. - Soldiers of Many Lands, London, Gale & Polden, 1917.
- A wounded soldier is found by a rescue dog who alerts the nurse and ambulancemen of their whereabouts. Coloured chromolithograph, 1904
Other Works illustrated by Edward Alfred Holloway
- Owen Vaughan (Owen Rhoscom), Lone Tree Lode, London: Duckworth & Co.,1913.
- W.E. Cule, Rodborough School, Pilgrim Press, 1915.
- D.E. Alarcon, D. Pedro, The Three-Cornered Hat. Cornstalk Publishing Company, Sydney, 1925.
- Mary Grant Bruce, Hugh Stanford's Luck. Cornstalk Publishing Company, Sydney, 1925.
- E. V. Tims (David Roseler). Lawrence, Prince of Mecca. Cornstalk Publishing Company, Sydney, 1927.
- E. V. Tims (David Roseler). The Valley of Adventure. Cornstalk Publishing Company, Sydney, 1929.
External links
- The Canadian Anglo-Boer War Museum
- Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection, Brown University Library collection of 43 water-colors by Holloway painted for Gale and Polden depicting British regimental uniforms, 1909-1916.