1815–1884

Francis Holl was an artist.

Francis Holl was a british engraver active during the nineteenth century, born in 1815 and passing in 1884. He worked primarily as a copper engraver, continuing a family tradition of artistic craftsmanship. His father was the artist William Holl, and he was the sibling of William Holl the Younger, who also pursued a career in art. Francis Holl later became the parent of Francis Montague Holl, extending the lineage of engravers within the family. His life spanned a period of significant development in printmaking, where his work contributed to the visual culture of the era through precise and skilled reproduction.