James Holland, O.W.S.

With Appleby Brothers, London, by 1961;

with Spink & Son, London,

where acquired by the father of the present owner

London, Appleby Brothers, Spring Exhibition, 1961, unnumbered

In 1819 Holland, who was born in Staffordshire, moved to London where he began to paint landscapes and advertise himself as a drawing teacher. In 1831 he went abroad for the first time and while in Paris he fell under the spell of the work of the recently deceased Anglo-French painter, Richard Parkes Bonington (1802-1828). In 1835, the same year that he was elected Associate of the Old Water-Colour Society, Holland travelled to Venice. He would continue to be inspired by that great city for the remainder of his life.