George Roland Halkett
(1855-1918), ArtistArtist of 2 portraits
George Roland Halkett studied art in Paris. He became a regular contributor to various newspapers and art magazines, and from 1876 was the art critic of the Edinburgh Evening News. Halkett joined the Pall Mall Gazette in 1892 as political cartoonist and writer on art. He contributed many drawings and caricatures to Punch; became the art editor of the Pall Mall magazine in 1897, and was the editor of that magazine from 1900 to 1905.
by George Roland Halkett
pencil, 1893
NPG 3183
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
by George Roland Halkett
chalk and wash
NPG 4549
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