Sir (Thomas Henry) Hall Caine
(1853-1931), NovelistSitter in 27 portraits
Leaving school at the age of fourteen, Caine became an architect's apprentice in Liverpool. An aspiring writer, he began to write regularly for local publications and corresponding with several eminent literary men, most notably Dante Gabriel Rossetti, for whom he came to act as secretary. He would go on to produce fifteen best-selling romantic novels, that also promoted his socialist beliefs. Inspired by his Manx heritage, The Manxman (1894) was an immediate hit and is probably his best-known book. This was followed by his novel The Christian (1897), which was the first novel in Britain to sell one million copies. In his time an exceedingly popular and successful writer, Caine's work is now largely forgotten.
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen cabinet card, circa 1915
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Sir (Thomas Henry) Hall Caine ('Men of the Day. No. 651.')
by Bernard Partridge
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 2 July 1896
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by Alexander ('Alick') Penrose Forbes Ritchie
colour relief halftone cigarette card, 1926
NPG D2659
by Mark Wayner (Weiner)
lithograph, published 1931
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by Unknown artist, issued by Godfrey Phillips
colour relief halftone cigarette card, 1932
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by George Charles Beresford
dry-plate glass negative, 1904
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by George Charles Beresford
dry-plate glass negative, 1904
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Related People
- Sir Derwent Hall Caine (son)
- Lily Hall Caine (sister)
- Mary Alice (née Chandler), Lady Caine (wife)
- Derek Ralph Hall Caine (grandson)
- Gordon Ralph Hall Caine (son)
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