Sydney Prior Hall
(1842-1922), Portrait painter and illustratorSitter in 2 portraits
Artist associated with 152 portraits
Hall was one of the leading reportage artists of the later Victorian period. He joined The Graphic shortly after its foundation in 1869, having decided on a career as an artist while at Oxford. He immediately established his name with a series of vivid drawings made at the front during the Franco-Prussian war. As The Art Journal commented, his drawings of the Parnell Commission were among his finest achievements in the medium of graphic journalism: 'he was in court the whole time, busy with a swift revealing pencil which missed no turn of affairs'.
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, 1887
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Farrer Herschell, 1st Baron Herschell
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, circa 1887
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Farrer Herschell, 1st Baron Herschell
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, circa 1887
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Farrer Herschell, 1st Baron Herschell
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, circa 1887
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by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, 1887
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by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, 1887
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William Henry Smith; John Bright
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, 1887
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by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, 1887
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Sir Charles Wyndham (Charles Culverwell)
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, 1887
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by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, 1887
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by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, 1887
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by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, 1887
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Sir Khengartji Savai, Maharao of Cutch and two unknown men
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, 1887
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Richard Everard Webster, Viscount Alverstone
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, 1888-1889
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William Francis Littleton; Hon. George Charles Brodrick
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, 1888-1889
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by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, 1888-1889
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Group including Willie Redmond, Joseph William Comyns Carr, H. Campbell and others
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, 1888-1889
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Sir John Charles Frederick Sigismund Day
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, 1888-1889
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by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, related to drawing published in The Graphic 22 September 1888
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by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, published in The Graphic 17 November 1888
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