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Entry TypePerson
SurnameHolmes
ForenamesJames
Epithetminiature painter and engraver
Dates1777-1860
Gender IdentityMale
HistoryHe was apprenticed as an engraver, R.M.Meadows of London, until the age of 21. On completing his apprenticeship he gave up engraving and became a watercolour painter, specialising in miniatures.
SourceOxford Dictionary of National Biography online
Authorised Form of NameHolmes; James (1777-1860); Miniature painter and engraver

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