1828 – 1882

English poet and painter, son of an Italian political refugee in London. He was taught drawing by Cotman and after a few unsuccessful months with Ford Madox Brown he went to Holman Hunt in 1848. Under Hunt's guidance he painted his first major work, The Girlhood of Mary Virgin, the first picture exhibited (in March 1849) with the initials of the PRB ( Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood ).Show more

10 artworks in collection