Charles Rolls (engraver)

Charles Rolls
Born	(1799-06-02)2 June 1799 Bermondsey, London
Died	9 November 1885(1885-11-09) (aged 86) Penge, London
Nationality	British
Occupation	Engraver

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

Biography

Rolls was born on 2 June 1799 in Grange Road, Bermondsey, London (then in Surrey) to non-conformist parents, William and Mary Rolls.[1]

Early in his career, in 1823, he was proposed for the Artists' Annuity and Benevolent Fund, one of his sponsors being the engraver Francis Engleheart.[2]

Most of Rolls work was for book-illustrations and he also worked for J S Virtue & Co, the publisher of The Art Journal.[3]

The celebrated engravers William Turner Davey and Lumb Stocks were both apprenticed to Rolls, Stocks from 30 November 1826, with a ‘consideration’ of £315, paid by his father.[4]

He died on 9 November 1885 at his home, Oakdene, South Laurie Park, Penge, London and is buried in Nunhead Cemetery.^[citation needed]

Gallery

• 
  William Chamberlayne after John Thurston, after a 1699 engraving by A. Hertochs (Hertocks)
• 
  The taming of the shrew after C. R. Leslie, R.A.
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  La Belle Hamilton after Sir Sir Peter Lely

References

1. "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977". www.familysearch.org. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
2. "Artists' Annuity & Benevolent Fund" (PDF). www.lma.gov.uk. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
3. "Charles Rolls". www.britishmuseum.org. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
4. 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.

External links

• Juliet after the Masquerade. An engraving of Henry Thomson's painting, for The Literary Souvenir annual for 1828, with illustrative verse by Letitia Elizabeth Landon
• The Disconsolate. An engraving of Henry Corbould's painting, in Forget Me Not annual for 1831, with illustrative verse by Letitia Elizabeth Landon
• Good Angels. An engraving of Henry Howard's painting, in The Keepsake annual for 1832, with illustrative verse by Letitia Elizabeth Landon
• The Gentle Student., an engraving of Gilbert Stuart Newton's painting, in The Amulet annual for 1833, with illustrative verse by Letitia Elizabeth Landon
• The Prince of Spain's Visit to Catalina. 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.
• The Proposal., an engraving of Henry Wyatt's painting, in The Amulet annual for 1835 (page 7), with illustrative verse by Letitia Elizabeth Landon
• May Morning., an engraving of a painting by J. Inskip in The Amulet annual for 1836, with illustrative verse by Letitia Elizabeth Landon