Edgar Alfred Holloway facts for kids
Edgar Alfred Holloway (born in 1870, died in 1941) was a talented artist. He is best known for illustrating children's books.
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About Edgar Alfred Holloway
Edgar Alfred Holloway was born in Doncaster, a town in Yorkshire, England. He became a war artist, which means he drew pictures during a war. He worked during the Boer War in South Africa.
He was very good at drawing military uniforms. He created many pictures for a company called Gale and Polden. These pictures were used on postcards and in books about British army uniforms.
Edgar Holloway also drew for popular magazines like the Boy's Own Paper and Young England magazine. He illustrated many children's books, especially adventure stories for boys.
In 1911, he lived in Hanwell, Middlesex, with his wife Mildred Kate Holloway. They had a son, Francis Gilbert Holloway, and a daughter, Leila Mildred Holloway. His job was listed as a painter and artist.
In 1930, Holloway moved to Australia. He continued to illustrate books there for the Cornstalk Publishing Company in Sydney. He passed away in 1941 in Burwood, a suburb of Sydney.
Books with Holloway's Pictures
Here are some of the picture books Edgar Holloway illustrated:
- ABC of Jolly Jack, London, Gale & Polden, around 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 Books Illustrated by Holloway
Edgar Holloway also illustrated these books:
- 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.
Images for kids
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A wounded soldier is found by a rescue dog who alerts the nurse and ambulancemen of their whereabouts
