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Leigh Hunt

(1784-1859), Poet, essayist and critic

James Henry Leigh Hunt

Sitter associated with 11 portraits
A poet and essayist best known for his promotion of younger writers such as Keats and Shelley. In 1808, he established a political periodical called the Examiner. Celebrated for its reformist line, the Examiner also promoted the work of Keats, Shelley, Charles Lamb and William Hazlitt. It deliberately antagonised the government and in 1812, after a string of libel charges, Hunt and his brother John were sentenced for an article criticising the Prince Regent. Although the Examiner continued in production from his prison cell, it lost momentum after the his release. In 1822, Leigh Hunt travelled to Italy with Shelley and Byron and founded a short-lived radical journal called The Liberal.

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Leigh Hunt
by Benjamin Robert Haydon
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Leigh Hunt
by Thomas Charles Wageman
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Leigh Hunt
by Samuel Laurence
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Leigh Hunt
by Margaret Gillies
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Leigh Hunt
by John Carr (or James Charles) Armytage, published by Smith, Elder & Co, after Joseph Severn
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Leigh Hunt
by Unknown artist
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Leigh Hunt
by Henry Meyer, after John Hayter
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Leigh Hunt
by Unknown artist
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Leigh Hunt
by Daniel Maclise
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Probably Leigh Hunt, formerly called Percy Bysshe Shelley
by Ellen Maurice ('Nellie') Heath, after William Edward West
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Robert Hunt (brother)
Thornton Leigh Hunt (son)

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