Holker Welch Abbott
Nationality: American
Date of birth: 1858
Date of death: 1930
Category: collector
Date of birth: 1858
Date of death: 1930
Category: collector
Identity:
Holker Abbott was a poet and art connoiseur.
Life:
Abbott was a leading member of the Copley Society of Boston (known as the Boston Art Students Association from 1876-1901) which organised a Whistler memorial exhibition in 1904. He was also a member of the Tavern Club, a dining club for wealthy Bostonians founded in 1884. He was portrayed by J.S. Sargent in 1920; the portrait is still owned by the Tavern Club.
Bibliography:
Everitt, Charles B. (ed.), The Tavern Club At One Hundred: 1959-1984, Boston, 1984.
'Holker Welch Abbott (1858 - 1930)', Find A Grave Memorial.
