Sir Hubert von Herkomer
(1849-1914), Painter and illustratorSitter in 11 portraits
Artist associated with 53 portraits
Born in Germany, Herkomer's family settled in England, where he studied painting at Southampton and the South Kensington Schools. He worked first as an illustrator, but soon achieved great popular success with his subject paintings depicting the lives of the poor. He turned increasingly towards portraiture in the 1880s, and became one of the most successful and wealthy portraitists of the period. Herkomer built his own house, 'Lululaund' at Bushey, Hertfordshire, where he later experimented in various media, including mezzotint and enamels, as well as becoming absorbed in the possibilities of film in his last years.
Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts
after Sir Hubert von Herkomer
Herkomergravure, (1895)
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by Elizabeth Gulland, published by and after Sir Hubert von Herkomer
mezzotint, published 1899 (1897)
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by Julia Emily Clutterbuck (Mrs Alsop), after Sir Hubert von Herkomer
mezzotint, published early 20th century
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by Sir Hubert von Herkomer, published by Berlin Photographic Co
photogravure, published 1901
NPG D40524
after Sir Hubert von Herkomer
photogravure, (1908)
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John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher
after Sir Hubert von Herkomer
lithograph, 1911 or after
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Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum
issued by Sarony & Co, after Sir Hubert von Herkomer, after Frederick Goodall
gravure cigarette card, 1923 (1890)
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by George Sidney Hunt, after Sir Hubert von Herkomer
mezzotint, 1924
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after Sir Hubert von Herkomer
mezzotint
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Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
by Sir Hubert von Herkomer, published by Fine Art Society Ltd, after Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt
mezzotint, published 15 December 1881
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engraved and published by Swan Electric Engraving Company, after Swan Electric Engraving Company
photogravure, published 1 June 1904
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