Sir Hubert von Herkomer (1849-1914) was a British painter of German extraction. He seems to have been a versatile fellow: at ARC he is described as a "painter, printmaker, engraver, etcher, playwright, enamellist, actor, composer, film director, zitherist & pianist".
A Weary Way (1891)
A Young Girl and Her Dog (1910)
Eventide: A Scene in the Westminster Union (1878)
Hard Times (1885)
Immer wird's schlimmer und besserwird's nimmer (1877)
[this translates roughly as "it's always getting worse and never better"]
Miss May Miles (1878)
On Strike (1891)
Our Village Nurse
Portrait of Mandell Creighton (1902)
[He was a historian and a bishop of the Church of England.]
Portrait of Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire (1892)
Sir Henry Tate (1897)
[He was a sugar merchant and philanthropist,
perhaps best noted for establishing the Tate Gallery in London.]
The Cornfield (1887)
The Last Muster (1875)
Young Farm Girls Breaking Flax (1885)
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