Albert de Belleroche
Albert de Belleroche (1864 - 14 July 1944) was a Welsh painter and lithographer.[1] He was born in Swansea, but raised in Paris by his mother, Alice (originally from Brussels), and his stepfather, Harry Vane Millbank[2] (his father, Edward Charles, the Marquis de Belleroche, having died whilst he was in infancy). In the 1930s he presented the 'National Museum of Wales' with a small collection of his works, he also presented collections to the 'Bibliothèque Nationale', Paris, the 'Bibliothèque Royale', Brussels, and the 'British Museum' in London.[3] In 1915 he devised a method of detecting forged watermarks.
He died in July 1944 in Southwell.
References
- ^ "Albert de Belleroche". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- ^ Son of MP Frederick Milbank
- ^ "Albert Belleroche". Armstrong Fine Art. Armstrong Fine Art. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
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