![]() 170, therein mistranscribed as 'Mrs Jesmer'). In the spring of that year, Hughes wrote to his patron James Leathart: 'I hope soon to be northward again.about the portrait of Mrs Jenner' (see L. 1 1863-65, Laing Art Gallery) and Mrs Thomas Woolner (fig. He is also noteworthy as being one of the few who maintained life-long friendships with the movement's founding members.īy 1866 Hughes was enjoying success as a portrait painter, having recently gained considerable acclaim for Mrs James Leathart and Children (fig. During the 1850s and early 1860s he produced some of the most memorable Pre-Raphaelite paintings, including April Love (1855-6 Tate London), The Long Engagement (1854-9 Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery) and Home from Sea (1863 Ashmolean Museum, Oxford). ![]() ![]() Soon afterwards Munro introduced him to Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Ford Madox Brown, and Hughes began his career as one of the most talented of the brotherhood's younger members. Arthur Hughes was first exposed to Pre-Raphaelitism in 1850 when Alexander Munro lent him a copy of the group's journal, The Germ. ![]()
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