William Hyde
Illustration — "On the Teme", one of William Hyde's coloured illustrations for A.E. Housman's A Shropshire Lad (1908) • Illustration — Illustration for Belloc's (1904) The Old Road William Hyde (1859–1925) was a well known artist, printmaker and illustrator. He typically worked in oils and water colours. He was a student of the Slade School of Fine Art where he mastered the arts of painting, etching, engraving and the then popular mezzotint.
Also recorded as William Henry Hyde
William Hyde
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- Born
- 1859
- Died
- 1925
- Nationality
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- painter
- Languages
- English
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He had several works shown at exhibitions at the Royal Academy between 1889 and 1891. He is perhaps most known for his Impressions of London (1898) and for his illustrations of the first illustrated edition of Housman's A Shropshire Lad and Hilaire Belloc's (1904) The Old Road. Some of his paintings are at the Guildford House Gallery and the Imperial War Museum.
The recorded working language is English. Work by William Hyde is recorded in the collections of Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and Guildford House.
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Creator:William Hyde · This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. See the Image and Data Resources Open Access Policy
Picture titled 'A Sunset' by William Hyde, from 'The Yellow Book', volume 3, October 1894, edited by Henry Harland
William Hyde · Internet Archive identifier: yellowoct189403uoft
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