Violet Hunt
Violet Hunt was a British novelist and writer (1862–1942). She was born at Durham and died at Campden Hill.
Also recorded as Isobel Violet Hunt.
Violet Hunt in brief
- Born
- 1862
- Died
- 1942
- Known for
- novelist and writer
- Place of birth
- Durham
Contents
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the heading Isobel Violet Hunt. Her recorded language was English.
She was the child of Alfred William Hunt and Margaret Raine Hunt.
Catalogued works
46 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library, The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1620 to 1958.
A Hard Woman: A Story in Scenes. The Human Interest: A Study in Incompatibil... The Maiden's Progress: A Novel in Dialogue. Unkist, Unkind!: A Romance. The Coach. The Barometer. The Prayer. Desirable Alien. Tiger-Skin. Damas oscuras. Sooner or Later. Tales of the Uneasy. Unkist, Unkind! Hard Woman. Wife of Altamont. Flurried Years - an Autobiography. Workaday Woman. Last Ditch. Hard Woman, a Story in Scenes. Human Interest - a Study in Incompatibilities. Relatos inquietantes. The wife of Rossetti. Cat. THE WIFE OF ROSSETTI, HER LIFE AND DEATH. Human Interest. Flurried Years. Celebrity at Home. Cat - Animal Autobiography Annotated. The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Violet Hunt : Volume 2. The Maiden's Progress. The celebrity's daughter, dated 1912. I have this to say, dated 1926. Kelmscott to Kelmscott, dated 1925. The maiden's progress or, The adventures of a girl, dated 1896. White rose of weary leaf. Saint Albans Steeplechase, dated 1837, aquatint on paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1929.203. Hero Construction, dated 1958, steel, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1958.528. The Horses of Anahita, dated Modeled 1848–50, cast 1882–1910, plaster, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1986.999. "All year long I scrimp and save and pinch pennies and then you blow the whole thing in on your income tax!", dated n.d., graphite and smudging on cream wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2003.590. Biographical Descriptions of Non-Fellows of the Royal Society: Earle to Hunt, dated c1905, held by Wellcome Collection. Knepp Castle Stud, West Grinstead, Horsham, Mar. 16th, 1915 : Dear Sirs, Please send me a guinea box of Cupiss' Constitution Balls : [violet card] / Ed. Brown, stud groom to Sir Merrik Burrell, Bart., dated 1915, held by Wellcome Collection. Knepp Castle Stud, West Grinstead, Horsham, Mar. 16th, 1915 : Dear Sirs, Please send me a guinea box of Cupiss' Constitution Balls : [green card] / Ed. Brown, stud groom to Sir Merrik Burrell, Bart., dated 1915, held by Wellcome Collection. A rural landscape: milkmaids milking cows; hunters shooting game birds. Engraving by S. à Bolswert after Sir P.P. Rubens., dated [between 1620? and 1659], held by Wellcome Collection. Manuscript recipe book of Grace Carteret, 1st Countess Granville (1654-1744), dated 1662 - mid 18th century, held by Wellcome Collection. Household and Medical Recipes, dated c.1650-c.1750, held by Wellcome Collection. Medical Women's Federation, dated 1879-1988, held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.
The Art Institute of Chicago: 7 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 8 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
6 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Hunt, Violet, (died 16 Jan. 1942), Who Was Who, 2007. Brooke-Hunt, Violet, (died 10 June 1910), Who Was Who, 2007. To Violet Hunt (2 December 1925), Letters of Emma and Florence Hardy, 1996. Hunt, (Isabel) Violet (1862–1942), author and literary hostess, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004. VIOLET HUNT in Daily Chronicle 1911, D.H. Lawrence, 2013. Joseph Wiesenfarth. Ford Madox Ford and the Regiment of Women. Violet Hunt, Jean Rhys, Stella Bowen, Janice Biala, Cahiers Victoriens et Edouardiens, 2006.
Digitised editions and texts
13 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive and Project Gutenberg.
Tales of the Uneasy (2018) — Internet Archive. the wife of rossetti: her life and death (1932) — Internet Archive. The Desirable Alien at Home in Germany (2018) — Internet Archive. Violet Hunt. Kein Herz (A hard woman) — Internet Archive. The Last Ditch (2016) — Internet Archive. i have this to say: the story of my flurried years (1926) — Internet Archive. The Celebrity at Home — Internet Archive. The Wife of Rossetti; her life and death (1932) — Internet Archive. What the Civilian Saw (1917) — Internet Archive. The Maiden's Progress: A Novel in Dialogue (1894) — Internet Archive. A Hard Woman: A Story in Scenes (1895) — Internet Archive. The Cat — Project Gutenberg. The Human Interest: A Study in Incompatibilities — Project Gutenberg.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 14 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
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. 11 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
Chronology
- 1862Violet Hunt born at Durham.
- 1926i have this to say: the story of my flurried years digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1932the wife of rossetti: her life and death digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1942Violet Hunt died at Campden Hill.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
Brooke-Hunt, Violet, (died 10 June 1910), Who Was Who, 2007
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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Hunt, (Isabel) Violet (1862–1942), author and literary hostess, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 3.
Hunt, Violet, (died 16 Jan. 1942), Who Was Who, 2007
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 4.
Open Library author record for Violet Hunt (Internet Archive), 28 catalogued works.
Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive
Consult the source - 5.
To Violet Hunt (2 December 1925), Letters of Emma and Florence Hardy, 1996
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 6.
VIOLET HUNT in Daily Chronicle 1911, D.H. Lawrence, 2013
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 7.
Directory of Open Access Journals lists 1 article naming Violet Hunt.
open access index · Unverified
Consult the source - 8.
Internet Archive, 17 digitised items catalogued under Violet Hunt as creator.
digital repository · Unverified
Consult the source - 9.
Project Gutenberg holds 4 full texts attributed to Violet Hunt.
digital repository · Unverified
Consult the source - 10.
The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Violet Hunt.
museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago
Consult the source - 11.
Wellcome Collection catalogue records 8 works naming Violet Hunt.
museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection
Consult the source - 12.
Wikidata, structured authority record Q1677011: Violet Hunt
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation
Consult the source - 13.
“Violet Hunt”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
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