Who was William Holman Hunt?
Painter.
Date and Place of Birth:
2nd April 1827, London, England.
Family Background:
Son of William Hunt, a
warehousman and Sarah Hobman. (Hunt changed Hobman to Holman as
a result of a clerical error on his parent's Marriage Certificate).
Education:
Entered Royal Academy Schools at the third attempt
after working as office clerk.
1839-43: Took drawing classes at the Mechanic's Institute.
Chronology/Biography of William Holman Hunt:
1848: Forms the
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood with Dante Gabriel Rossetti
and John Everett Millais.
Paintings:
1884: The Triumph
of the Innocents. (Tate Britain, London)
Marriage:
1. 1865 to Fanny Waugh.
2. 1875 to his former wife's sister Edith Waugh.
Places of Interest:
LONDON:
Tate Britain
Date and Place of Death:
7th September 1912, London, England.
Age at Death:
73.
Site of Grave:
St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, England.
St Paul's Cathedral, London
(© A Blagg)
