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
watercolour
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by Sydney Prior Hall
gouache on millboard, circa 1890s
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by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, 1890
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Sir William Vernon Harcourt; John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, 1890
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by Sydney Prior Hall
watercolour, circa 1890s
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by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, 1892
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George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, 1893
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by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, published in The Graphic 9 December 1893
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by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, 1893
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Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, 1893
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by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, 1894
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The St John's Wood Arts Club, 1895
by Sydney Prior Hall
black crayon, white and grey paint on paper, circa 1895
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by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, circa 1895
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Joe Chamberlain; Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour
by Sydney Prior Hall
oil on canvas, circa 1895
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Debate on the Indian Council Cotton Duties
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, published in The Graphic 2 March 1895
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by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil and chalk, 1895
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by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil and chalk, 1895
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by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, 1896
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Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, 1900
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by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, 1901
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