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
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William Henry Hunt
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Sir Anthony Van Dyck
Grew up in Antwerp and was trained by Rubens. Visited London in 1620 for a few months to do a history painting for George Villiers and a portrait for the Earl of Arundel. He then worked in many ...
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William Ford Robinson Stanley
Inventor, manufacturer and philanthropist. Born William Ford Robinson Stanley in Islington. He filed 78 patents for precision drawing, mathematical and surveying instruments, as well as telescopes....
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Charles Ricketts
Charles de Sousy Ricketts. Artist, illustrator, author. Half French he was born in Geneva and brought up in Switzerland, London, France. He met his life partner, Charles Shannon, on his 16th birthd...
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National Gallery
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John Birnie Philip
John Birnie Philip was born on 23 November 1824 in London, the third son of the five children of William Philip (1781-1865) and Elizabeth Philip née Rhind (b.1786). His father was a tailor and he ...
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Alan Micklethwaite
Sculptor. We're guessing the image is a self portrait, since it graces the home page of his website but we could be wrong. Either way, we love the work.
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Earl of Kilmarnock
Jacobite. Taken prisoner at the Battle of Culloden. Tried and beheaded on the Tower Hill scaffold.
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John Skinner Prout
Artist and lithographer. Born Plymouth. Elected to the Institute of Painters in Water Colour in 1838 and then, 2 years later, emigrated to Australia where he was extremely successful. Returned to ...
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David Bowie tiles
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