Fitz Roy Carrington

LC name authority n80030444

LC Heading: Carrington, Fitz Roy, 1869-1954

Biography:

s. Robert Charles and Sarah Jane (Pewtress) C.; student Bute House, Petersham, Eng., Victoria Coll., Jersey, Channel Islands; M.A., Dickinson Coll., June 11, 1913; m. Charlotte Austen Singleton, Feb. 24, 1897; children—Harold Keppel, Phyllis Charlotte, Elizabeth Curtis, Sidney. Came to U.S., 1886. Formerly with Frederick Keppel & Co., N.Y.C.; curator dept. prints Mus. Fine Arts, Boston; lectr. on history and principles of engraving Harvard; dir. Children’s Art Centre, Boston, and of Children’s Art Centre of U. Settlement, N.Y.C. Author: Engravers and Etchers (Scammon lectures Art Inst. Chgo.), 1917. Compiler and editor: Prints and Their Makers, 1916; The Queen’s Garland, The King’s Lyrics, The Pilgrim’s Staff, others. Editor of The Print Collectors’ Quar. Club: Authors’ (London). Address: West Main St., Niantic, Conn. Death: Died Dec. 31, 1954; buried Stonington, Conn.

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