FAIRHOLT, FREDERICK WILLIAM (1814-1866)

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FAIRHOLT, FREDERICK WILLIAM (1814-1866) , English antiquary and

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engraver, was born in London in 1814. His father, who was of a German family (the name was originally Fahrholz), was a tobacco manufacturer, and for some years Fairholt himself was employed in the business. For a time he was a drawing-master, afterwards a scene-painter, and in 1835 he became assistant to S. Sly, the

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engraver. Some pen
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and ink copies made by him of figures from Hogarth's plates led to his being employed by Charles Knight on several of his illustrated publications. His first published literary

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was a contribution to Hone's Year-Book in 183x. His life was one of almost uninterrupted quiet labour, carried on until within a few days of death. Several works on civic pageantry and some collections of ancient unpublished songs and dialogues were edited by him for the

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Society in 1842. In 1844 he was elected fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. He published an edition of the dramatic works of Lyly in 1856. His principal independent works are Tobacco, its History and Association (1859); Gog and Magog (r86o); Up the Nile and Honie Again (1862); many articles and serials contributed to the Art Journal, some of which were afterwards separately published, as Costume in England (1846); Dictionary of Terms in Art (1854)_ These works are illustrated by numerous cuts,

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on the wood by his own hand. His pencil was also employed in illustrating Evans's Coins of the Ancient Britons, Madden's Jewish Coinage, Halliwell's folio Shakespeare and his Sir John Maundeville,

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's Richborough, the Miscellanea Graphica of Lord Londesborough, and many other works. He died on the 3rd of April 1866. His books relating to Shakespeare were bequeathed to the library at, Stratford-on-Avon; those on civic pageantry (between 200 and 300 volumes) to the Society of Antiquaries; his old prints and works on costume to the British Museum; his general library he di sired to be sold and the proceeds devoted to the Literary Fund.

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