William Holman Hunt
(1827-1910), Pre-Raphaelite painterLater Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 29 portraits
Artist of 2 portraits
Holman Hunt entered the Royal Academy Schools in 1844 where he met Millais, who was to become his closest friend. A founding member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, 1848, and throughout his life an adherent to Pre-Raphaelite principles; his paintings include The Hireling Shepherd, 1852, and The Light of the World, 1854. In the seventies and eighties, Hunt became increasingly isolated artistically, his later work concentrating on religious themes informed by successive visits to the Holy Land. He published his autobiographical Pre-Raphaelitism and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in 1905. He died on 7 September 1910 and was buried in St Paul's Cathedral.
by Kingsbury & Notcutt
albumen cabinet card, late 1880s
NPG x4179
by Herbert Rose Barraud, published by Eglington & Co
carbon print, published 1890
NPG Ax5500
by Alfred James Philpott (Phillpot), for Elliott & Fry
albumen cabinet card, 1896
NPG x11986
by Frederick Hollyer
bromide print on card mount, 1900s
NPG x198235
printed by Maclure & Macdonald, after London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
chromolithograph, circa 1874-1878 (1865 or before)
NPG D38705
by Sir Leslie Ward, printed by Vincent Brooks, Day & Son
chromolithograph, published 19 July 1879
NPG D38704
William Holman Hunt ('Men of the Day. No. 200.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 19 July 1879
NPG D43914
Key to Private View of the Old Masters Exhibition, Royal Academy, 1888
after Henry Jamyn Brooks
photograph, 1919 or after
NPG D42236
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1865
NPG x6423
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