Who was Georg Holtzendorff?
Q: Who was Georg Holtzendorff?
A: Georg Holtzendorff was a 19th-century German landscape painter from Saxony.
Q: Why did Georg Holtzendorff move to England?
A: Georg Holtzendorff moved to England because of the Franco-Prussian War.
Q: What job did Georg Holtzendorff have in England?
A: Georg Holtzendorff worked for the Royal Crown Derby Porcelain Company.
Q: What was Georg Holtzendorff's main work for the Gladstone Dessert Service?
A: Georg Holtzendorff's main work was the decoration of the Gladstone Dessert Service, presented by the Liberal Working Men of Derby to Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone in 1883.
Q: What did Georg Holtzendorff sketch for the Royal Crown Derby Porcelain Company?
A: Georg Holtzendorff sketched the landscape of Derbyshire and these were used as designs for porcelain.
Q: What is the only remaining study on paper linked to the Gladstone service?
A: The only remaining study on paper linked to the Gladstone service is a watercolour by Holtzendorff, with a view of Becket Street, Derby, with the Derby Museum and Art Gallery in the background.
Q: How does the Gladstone Dessert Service relate to Georg Holtzendorff's work?
A: Georg Holtzendorff's main work was the decoration of the Gladstone Dessert Service.
