HOLROYD, SIR CHARLES British artist, was born in Leeds on April 9, 1861. He received his art educa tion under Professor Legros at the Slade School, University college, London. After passing six months at Newlyn, where he painted his first picture exhibited in the Royal Academy, "Fish ermen Mending a Sail" 0885), he obtained a travelling scholar ship and studied for two years in Italy. At his return, on the invitation of Legros, he became for two years assistant-master at the Slade School, and there devoted himself to painting and etching. For the church of Aveley, Essex, he painted a triptych altarpiece, "The Adoration of the Shepherds," with wings repre senting "St. Michael" and "St. Gabriel," and designed as well the window, "The Resurrection." Sir Charles Holroyd was as an etcher possessed of profound technical knowledge of the art. Among the best known are the "Monte Oliveto" series, the "Icarus" series, the "Monte Subasio" series, and the "Eve" series, together with the plates, "The Flight into Egypt," "The Prodigal Son," "A Barn on Tad worth Common" (etched in the open air), and "The Storm." In all his work Holroyd displays sincerity, with a fine sense of composition, and of style. He was appointed the first keeper of the National Gallery of British Art (Tate gallery), and on the re tirement of Sir Edward Poynter in 1906 director of the National Gallery. He died at Weybridge on Nov. 17, 1917.