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.
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by Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt
pencil with some wash, 1853
NPG 5834
by David Wilkie Wynfield
albumen print, 1864
NPG P75
by John Ballantyne
oil on canvas, 1865
NPG 2555
by Sir William Blake Richmond
oil on canvas, circa 1877
NPG 1901
Private View of the Old Masters Exhibition, Royal Academy, 1888
by Henry Jamyn Brooks
oil on canvas, 1889
NPG 1833
by Sir William Blake Richmond
oil on canvas, 1900
NPG 2803
by William Jeffrey
albumen carte-de-visite, Summer 1864
NPG Ax17266
by William Jeffrey
albumen carte-de-visite, Autumn 1864
NPG Ax7549
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1865
NPG Ax14899
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1865
NPG Ax14942
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1865
NPG Ax28966
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1865
NPG Ax17858
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1865
NPG Ax18329
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1865
NPG Ax39942
by Elliott & Fry
albumen print on card mount, 1865
NPG Ax131892
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1865
NPG x11985
by Maclure, Macdonald & Co, after Elliott & Fry
photogravure, late 1860s?
NPG x11988
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, late 1860s?
NPG x11987
by Elliott & Fry
albumen print, oval, late 1860s?
NPG x9482
published by Hughes & Edmonds
albumen print, published 1876
NPG Ax132902
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