Pollitt (Charles Stanley)

, , c.1930.
an atmospheric, though still finely detailed, view of this grand Parisian landmark, offset by the toiling labourers on the banks of the Seine in the foreground. Charles Stanley Pollitt (1888-1965), painter and printmaker, was a follower of the Pre-Raphaelites having trained as the studio assistant of William Holman Hunt. Later he travelled and worked on the Continent, including as a copyist at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, then becoming Professor of English at the Vatican..
220 by 285mm (8¾ by 11¼ inches).