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Description: | This portrait was painted by Ann Challis, the daughter of Henry Challis. Henry Challis was born in West Bromwich in 1867 and lived for most of his life in the Bearwood and Smethwick area. He was an amateur painter in both watercolour and oil. He started his career as a bookmaker and repairer and later became a general book dealer. Henry Challis died in 1962, aged 94 years.
A portrait showing Henry Challis' face. An old man with a full white beard and white hair. He is balding and wearing a white shirt and brown jacket. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Sandwell Museums | Rights holder: | Sandwell Museums | Subjects: | Black Country Portrait painting Fine arts | Temporal: | 1948
20th Century | Source: | Black Country History | Creator: | Challis Hodges; Ann | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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