The late Mr Thomas Holloway, The Illustrated London News
period print · 1884
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SUMMARY
Wood-engraved head-and-shoulders portrait of Thomas Holloway published in The Illustrated London News of 5 January 1884, shortly after his death on 26 December 1883. The print is captioned 'THE LATE MR. THOMAS HOLLOWAY', which is the basis for naming the sitter; the engraving is signed by Thomas Dewell Scott (British engraver, 1828-1911). The Wikimedia Commons file record states the work is in the public domain (published 1884, engraver died 1911). The Illustrated London News is the original holding publication; a dated search of the four supported archives (Wellcome, Library of Congress, BnF/Gallica, Wikimedia Commons) surfaced only the Commons copy, which is used here as the license and file-history record.
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The Illustrated London News portrait of 5 January 1884 is the actor image for this case: a wood-engraving of Thomas Holloway captioned ‘The late Mr. Thomas Holloway’, published within days of his death. The named identification rests on the print’s own caption. The engraver Thomas Dewell Scott is named on the plate and in the Commons record. Cited for the portrait and its provenance; the image is used at public-domain rights.