Watercolour painter. The picture is a self-portrait. Baptised in what is now Endell Street. Sickly and lame from childhood, he was also very short and less than handsome. But he seems to have been well-liked and a successful artist, painting so many still-lifes of nature that he earned the nick-name "Bird's Nest". Father of Alfred William Hunt. Died 62 Stanhope Street, Hampstead.
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William Henry Hunt
William Henry (Bird's Nest) Hunt, 1790 - 1864, watercolour painter, lived her...
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John Leech
Humorous artist and illustrator, was born at 28 Bennett Street, Stamford Street. Died at home at 6 The Terrace, Kensington.
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Donald Rooum
Anarchist cartoonist and writer. He has a long association with Freedom Press who have published seven volumes of his Wildcat cartoons. Born Bradford. His main influence for anarchism is Max Stirne...
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Edward Orme
Engraver, painter and publisher of illustrated books, and property developer in Bayswater. Born Manchester. c.1800-24 he published and sold many books of aquatints and etchings, in his own shops in...
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Artmongers
An art company, set up by Goldsmiths College graduates Patricio Forrester and Julian Sharples, with the aim of improving public spaces.
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