Henry George Hine
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Henry George Hine
by Walker Hodgson
Black chalk and grey wash within ruled-off square, 1891
13 3/4 in. x 11 3/4 in. (349 mm x 298 mm)
NPG 5901
Inscriptionback to top
Signed and dated lower right: ‘W.H. 7.12.91’;
and inscr. in ink on lower edge of sheet: ‘- H.G.Hine. V.P.R.I –’.
This portraitback to top
This drawing is part of a large sequence of portraits by (William) Walker Hodgson, depicting figures associated with the arts.
On 7 December 1891, the date of this portrait, the sitter, living in Rosslyn Hill, Hampstead, was a doyen of the watercolour world, ‘whose broad and masterly drawings of poetic landscape have been the artistic wonder of recent years’. [1] The inscription ‘V.P.R.I’ refers to his vice-presidency of the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour from 1884 to 1895.
For more information about the project see NPG collection 4041(1–5)
Dr Jan Marsh
Physical descriptionback to top
Quarter-length, nearly full-face looking to left, seated, with bushy white hair, silky white moustache and feathery beard, wearing pale narrow necktie in bow, waistcoat and jacket with pocket handkerchief.
Provenanceback to top
Phillips, 6 October 1986; purchased with 6 other portrait drawings by the artist.
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