Alfred William Hunt
Alfred William Hunt was a painter (1830–1896). He was born at Liverpool and died at London.
Also recorded as Alfred Hunt; A Hunt; A. W. Hunt; A. W. Hunt of Liverpool.
Contents
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings Alfred Hunt, A Hunt, A. W. Hunt and A. W. Hunt of Liverpool. His recorded language was English.
He was the child of Andrew Hunt. He married Margaret Raine Hunt. 3 children are recorded: Violet Hunt, Venetia Margaret Hunt and Sylvia Hunt.
Recognition and collections
Work by Alfred William Hunt is held by Tate, National Gallery of Victoria, National Gallery and Yale Center for British Art.
Identity
What the record establishes about Alfred William Hunt.
John Wesley Preaching from His Father's Tomb is catalogued and held by John Wesley's House And Attached Railings (inventory LDWMM/1993/1607). Study for Tynemouth Pier - Lighting the Lamps at Sundown is dated 1863 and held by Yale Center for British Art (inventory B1989.6). Windsor And Its Castle From Across The Thames is dated 1891 and held by Birmingham Museums Trust (inventory 1891P76). Wasdale Head from Styhead Pass, Cumbria is dated 1854 and held by Laing Art Gallery (inventory TWCMS : G3857). Bidston Heath, Wirral is catalogued and held by Williamson Art Gallery and Museum (inventory BIKGM:8181). Alfred William Hunt is recorded with the citizenship of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Grasmere, Cumbria is catalogued and held by Atkinson Art Gallery and Library (inventory SOPAG:879). Glen Lyon by Moonlight, Snowdon is catalogued and held by Ashmolean Museum (inventory WA1918.7.1). View of Nantlle, Caernarvonshire is dated 1855 and held by Ashmolean Museum (inventory WA1914.2). Whitby Scaur, Yorkshire is dated 1878 and held by Birmingham Museums Trust (inventory 1925P340). The Sound of Kerrera is dated 1852 and held by Glasgow Museums Resource Centre (inventory 1049). Capel Curig, Snowdonia is dated 1855 and held by Shipley Art Gallery (inventory TWCMS : E8475).
A North Country Stream is dated 1883 and held by Laing Art Gallery (inventory TWCMS : G12981). A Norwegian Midnight is dated 1878 and held by Birmingham Museums Trust (inventory 1885P2535). Four Studies of Dead Birds is dated 1870 and held by Hepworth Wakefield (inventory A1.192A). Stybarrow Crag, Ullswater is dated 1847 and held by Walker Art Gallery (inventory WAG 718). Styhead Pass, Borrowdale is catalogued and held by Harris Museum (inventory PRSMG : P1202). Iron Works, Middlesborough is dated 1867 and held by National Gallery (inventory N05358).
Shadow of the Clouds is catalogued and held by Cooper Gallery (inventory CP/TR 160). Leafy June is dated 1878 and held by Birmingham Museums Trust (inventory 1925P339). Brignall Banks is dated 1859 and held by Walker Art Gallery (inventory WAG 944). Dunstanborough is dated 1886 and held by Ashmolean Museum (inventory WA1919.2).
Works and catalogued output
What Alfred William Hunt produced.
Many people are riding on and crowding around a large horse-drawn carriage. Wood engraving by M. Jackson, 1862, after A. Hunt. is dated 1862 and held by Wellcome Collection. The Horses of Anahita is dated Modeled 1848–50, cast 1882–1910 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1986.999). Cwm Trifaen is dated c. 1857 and held by The Cleveland Museum of Art (inventory 2013.55). The Art Institute of Chicago catalogues 5 works under this heading. The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogues 1 work under this heading. Wikidata Query Service catalogues 24 works under this heading.
Wellcome Collection catalogues 8 works under this heading. Open Library catalogues 5 works under this heading.
Context
The circumstances in which Alfred William Hunt stands.
The annual address : delivered to the Royal College of Physicians of London on Monday, 12th April, 1965 / by the President, Sir Edward Charles Dodds. is dated 1965 and held by Wellcome Collection. St Bartholomew's Hospital, London: members of the resident staff. Photograph by Bassano Ltd., 1929. is dated 1929 and held by Wellcome Collection. Alcoholism in general practice / by A.E. Carver ... Thomas Hunt ... Sir William Willcox. is dated 1936 and held by Wellcome Collection. Hunt, Frederick Everard (1840-1900), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Edin.), son of F.K. Hunt is dated 1840-1988 and held by Wellcome Collection. M0003442: Sir William Drummond Stewart hunting buffalo on a white horse is dated 14 March 1933 and held by Wellcome Collection. William Cullen. Mezzotint by V. Green, 1772, after W. Cochran. is dated April 30th 1772 and held by Wellcome Collection.
Saint Albans Steeplechase is dated 1837 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1929.203). Hillside with Trees is dated 1872–78 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1986.1000). The Abundance of Egypt is dated 1857 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1991.619). Hero Construction is dated 1958 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1958.528).
Holdings and surviving copies
Where material relating to Alfred William Hunt is held.
View of the Bay of Naples with Vesuvius, Smoking, in the Distance (Evening) (1871) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Nineveh: A Prize Poem Recited in the Theatre, Oxford, July III. MDCCCLI. (1851) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. The Leaden Casket: A Novel (1881) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. The Art Institute of Chicago records 7 objects associated with this heading. The Cleveland Museum of Art records 1 object associated with this heading. Barrington's Fate (1883) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
Wellcome Collection records 36 objects associated with this heading. Cwm Trifaen (1857) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
Catalogued works
35 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library, The Art Institute of Chicago and The Cleveland Museum of Art. Their recorded dates run from 1837 to 1891.
Iron Works, Middlesborough, dated 1867, held by National Gallery, inventory N05358. Cwm Trefaen, dated 1857, held by National Gallery, inventory N05357. Whitby Scaur, Yorkshire, dated 1878, held by Birmingham Museums Trust, inventory 1925P340. Leafy June, dated 1878, held by Birmingham Museums Trust, inventory 1925P339. Windsor And Its Castle From Across The Thames, dated 1891, held by Birmingham Museums Trust, inventory 1891P76. A Norwegian Midnight, dated 1878, held by Birmingham Museums Trust, inventory 1885P2535. Study for Tynemouth Pier - Lighting the Lamps at Sundown, dated 1863, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1989.6. Tynemouth Pier - Lighting the Lamps at Sundown, dated 1868, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1980.3. Stybarrow Crag, Ullswater, dated 1847, held by Walker Art Gallery, inventory WAG 718. The Sound of Kerrera, dated 1852, held by Glasgow Museums Resource Centre, inventory 1049. Capel Curig, Snowdonia, dated 1855, held by Shipley Art Gallery, inventory TWCMS : E8475. View of Nantlle, Caernarvonshire, dated 1855, held by Ashmolean Museum, inventory WA1914.2. Brignall Banks, dated 1859, held by Walker Art Gallery, inventory WAG 944. Iron Works, Middlesbrough, dated 1867, held by Tate, inventory N05358. Four Studies of Dead Birds, dated 1870, held by Hepworth Wakefield, inventory A1.192A. A North Country Stream, dated 1883, held by Laing Art Gallery, inventory TWCMS : G12981. Dunstanborough, dated 1886, held by Ashmolean Museum, inventory WA1919.2. Glen Lyon by Moonlight, Snowdon, held by Ashmolean Museum, inventory WA1918.7.1. Styhead Pass, Borrowdale, held by Harris Museum, inventory PRSMG : P1202. Wasdale Head from Styhead Pass, Cumbria, dated 1854, held by Laing Art Gallery, inventory TWCMS : G3857. Grasmere, Cumbria, held by Atkinson Art Gallery and Library, inventory SOPAG:879. Bidston Heath, Wirral, held by Williamson Art Gallery and Museum, inventory BIKGM:8181. John Wesley Preaching from His Father's Tomb, held by John Wesley's House And Attached Railings, inventory LDWMM/1993/1607. Shadow of the Clouds, held by Cooper Gallery, inventory CP/TR 160. Grimms Fairy Tales. Grimm's Household Tales : With the Author's Notes. Household Tales by Brothers Grimm. Thornicroft's Model V1-2 (1874). Nineveh: A Prize Poem Recited in the Theatre, Oxford, July III. MDCCCLI. The Horses of Anahita, dated Modeled 1848–50, cast 1882–1910, plaster, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1986.999. Hillside with Trees, dated 1872–78, oil on canvas, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1986.1000. Saint Albans Steeplechase, dated 1837, aquatint on paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1929.203. The Abundance of Egypt, dated 1857, etching on cream wove chine laid down on off-white wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1991.619. Cwm Trifaen, dated c. 1857, watercolor with gouache and scratching out, held by The Cleveland Museum of Art, inventory 2013.55. Many people are riding on and crowding around a large horse-drawn carriage. Wood engraving by M. Jackson, 1862, after A. Hunt., dated 1862, held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 13 named public collections.
Tate: 5 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. National Gallery: 4 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Birmingham Museums Trust: 4 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Ashmolean Museum: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Yale Center for British Art: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Walker Art Gallery: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Laing Art Gallery: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Glasgow Museums Resource Centre: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Shipley Art Gallery: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Hepworth Wakefield: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Art Institute of Chicago: 7 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Cleveland Museum of Art: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 36 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
4 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Hunt, Alfred William, Oxford Art Online, 2003. Hunt, Alfred William, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Hunt, Alfred William (1830–1896), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018. Hunt, Alfred William (1829–1896), landscape painter, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004.
Evidence base
This article draws on 6 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 6 means 6 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
In detail
Alfred William Hunt studied at Liverpool Collegiate School. the recorded working language is English.
Work by Alfred William Hunt is recorded in the collections of Tate, National Gallery of Victoria, National Gallery, Yale Center for British Art and Walker Art Gallery.
Chronology
- 1772William Cullen. Mezzotint by V. Green, 1772, after W. Cochran. is dated April 30th 1772 and held by Wellcome Collection.
- 1830Alfred William Hunt born at Liverpool.
- 1830Alfred William Hunt was born in 1830 at Liverpool.
- 1837Saint Albans Steeplechase is dated 1837 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1929.203).
- 1840Hunt, Frederick Everard (1840-1900), M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Edin.), son of F.K. Hunt is dated 1840-1988 and held by Wellcome Collection.
- 1847Stybarrow Crag, Ullswater is dated 1847 and held by Walker Art Gallery (inventory WAG 718).
- 1848The Horses of Anahita is dated Modeled 1848–50, cast 1882–1910 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1986.999).
- 1851Nineveh: A Prize Poem Recited in the Theatre, Oxford, July III. MDCCCLI. (1851) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
- 1852The Sound of Kerrera is dated 1852 and held by Glasgow Museums Resource Centre (inventory 1049).
- 1854Wasdale Head from Styhead Pass, Cumbria is dated 1854 and held by Laing Art Gallery (inventory TWCMS : G3857).
- 1855View of Nantlle, Caernarvonshire is dated 1855 and held by Ashmolean Museum (inventory WA1914.2).
- 1855Capel Curig, Snowdonia is dated 1855 and held by Shipley Art Gallery (inventory TWCMS : E8475).
- 1857Cwm Trifaen is dated c. 1857 and held by The Cleveland Museum of Art (inventory 2013.55).
- 1857The Abundance of Egypt is dated 1857 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1991.619).
- 1857Cwm Trifaen (1857) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
- 1857Cwm Trefaen (National Gallery).
- 1859Brignall Banks is dated 1859 and held by Walker Art Gallery (inventory WAG 944).
- 1862Many people are riding on and crowding around a large horse-drawn carriage. Wood engraving by M. Jackson, 1862, after A. Hunt. is dated 1862 and held by Wellcome Collection.
- 1863Study for Tynemouth Pier - Lighting the Lamps at Sundown is dated 1863 and held by Yale Center for British Art (inventory B1989.6).
- 1867Iron Works, Middlesborough is dated 1867 and held by National Gallery (inventory N05358).
- 1867Iron Works, Middlesborough (National Gallery).
- 1870Four Studies of Dead Birds is dated 1870 and held by Hepworth Wakefield (inventory A1.192A).
- 1871View of the Bay of Naples with Vesuvius, Smoking, in the Distance (Evening) (1871) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
- 1872Hillside with Trees is dated 1872–78 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1986.1000).
- 1878Whitby Scaur, Yorkshire is dated 1878 and held by Birmingham Museums Trust (inventory 1925P340).
- 1878A Norwegian Midnight is dated 1878 and held by Birmingham Museums Trust (inventory 1885P2535).
- 1878Leafy June is dated 1878 and held by Birmingham Museums Trust (inventory 1925P339).
- 1878Whitby Scaur, Yorkshire (Birmingham Museums Trust).
- 1878Leafy June (Birmingham Museums Trust).
- 1878A Norwegian Midnight (Birmingham Museums Trust).
- 1881The Leaden Casket: A Novel (1881) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
- 1883A North Country Stream is dated 1883 and held by Laing Art Gallery (inventory TWCMS : G12981).
- 1883Barrington's Fate (1883) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
- 1886Dunstanborough is dated 1886 and held by Ashmolean Museum (inventory WA1919.2).
- 1891Windsor And Its Castle From Across The Thames is dated 1891 and held by Birmingham Museums Trust (inventory 1891P76).
- 1891Windsor And Its Castle From Across The Thames (Birmingham Museums Trust).
- 1896Alfred William Hunt died at London.
- 1896Alfred William Hunt died in 1896 at London.
- 1929St Bartholomew's Hospital, London: members of the resident staff. Photograph by Bassano Ltd., 1929. is dated 1929 and held by Wellcome Collection.
- 1933M0003442: Sir William Drummond Stewart hunting buffalo on a white horse is dated 14 March 1933 and held by Wellcome Collection.
- 1936Alcoholism in general practice / by A.E. Carver ... Thomas Hunt ... Sir William Willcox. is dated 1936 and held by Wellcome Collection.
- 1958Hero Construction is dated 1958 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1958.528).
- 1965The annual address : delivered to the Royal College of Physicians of London on Monday, 12th April, 1965 / by the President, Sir Edward Charles Dodds. is dated 1965 and held by Wellcome Collection.
- 1993John Wesley Preaching from His Father's Tomb is catalogued and held by John Wesley's House And Attached Railings (inventory LDWMM/1993/1607).
Connections
Each connection was recorded deliberately, with the basis for it kept on the internal record.
Died at
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Sources
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- 1.
Hunt, Alfred William (1829–1896), landscape painter, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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Hunt, Alfred William (1830–1896), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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Hunt, Alfred William, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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- 5.
Open Library author record for Alfred William Hunt (Internet Archive), 5 catalogued works.
Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q708515: Alfred William Hunt
Institutional database · Scholarly · Wikimedia Foundation
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Internet Archive, 7 digitised items catalogued under Alfred William Hunt as creator.
digital repository · Unverified
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The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Alfred William Hunt.
museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, open access collection records associated with Alfred William Hunt.
museum collection · Unverified · The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Wellcome Collection catalogue records 36 works naming Alfred William Hunt.
museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection
Consult the source - 11.
“Alfred William Hunt”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
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Many people are riding on and crowding around a large horse-drawn carriage. Wood engraving by M. Jackson, 1862, after A. Hunt., 1862, by Alfred William Hunt
Alfred William Hunt · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection · Public Domain Mark
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