1896

Alfred William Hunt

Born Bold Street, Liverpool. Son of the painter William Henry Hunt. Poet and landscape painter associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. He won the Newdigate Prize in 1851 for his poem ‘Nineveh’. He became deputy president of the Society of Painters in Water Colours. His daughter, Violet, was Ford Madox Ford's lover. Died Tor Gardens, London.

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Rossetti fountain

Unveiled by William Holman Hunt. There must have been a committee to erect th...

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National Gallery of Ireland

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Sir Anthony Van Dyck

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Desna Allan

Former chairperson of the Friends of Dulwich Picture Gallery.

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Piet Mondrian

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Person, Art, Seriously Famous, Netherlands

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