The Ship (1875)

Hunt, William Holman (1827-1910) The Ship 1875 Oil on canvas, 76.2 x 97.8 cm Tate Britain, London Hunt began this painting after a voyage to the East with his second wife, Edith. Unusually, he painted it largely from memory, rather than from…

Fanny Hunt

(1833–1866) Fanny Hunt, née Waugh Husband William Holman Hunt (1827-1910) Sister Marion Edith Waugh (1846-1931)

Edith Hunt

Marion Edith Hunt, née Waugh (1846–1931) Edith in Art: Hunt, William Holman (1827-1910) The Ship 1875 Tate Britain, London     Hunt, William Holman (1827-1910) Study for the Christ Child in the Virgin’s Arms 1876 Tate Britain, London     Hunt, William Holman…

The Father’s Leave-taking (1879)

Hunt, William Holman (1827-1910) The Father’s Leave-taking 1879 Etching, 18.9 x 25.3 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Of the three founding members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (Rossetti, Hunt, and Millais), William Holman Hunt was the most dedicated to working directly…

The Lady of Shalott (c.1886-1905)

Hunt, William Holman (1827-1910) The Lady of Shalott c.1886–1905 Oil on canvas, 188.3 x 146.4 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford “Do not forsake your duties” is the overall message Hunt wanted to convey in his painting. The Lady, heroine of a Tennyson…

The Shadow of Death (1873-1874)

Hunt, William Holman (1827-1910) The Shadow of Death 1873–1874 Oil on panel, 104.5 x 82 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago This minutely detailed painting depicts the young Jesus stretching after his day’s labor in his father’s carpentry shop. His mother,…

Rienzi vowing to obtain Justice (1849)

Hunt, William Holman (1827-1910) Rienzi vowing to obtain Justice 1849 Oil on canvas, 83 x 117 cm National Gallery, London Cola di Rienzo vowing to obtain justice for the death of his young brother, slain in a skirmish between the Colonna…

William Holman Hunt

(1827–1910) The artist’s works: Rienzi vowing to obtain Justice 1849 National Gallery, London The Light of The World 1851–1856 Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1853 Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester The Scapegoat 1854–1855 Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester The Scapegoat 1854–1856 Lady Lever Art…